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Dislocated patella surgery
Introduction
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Overview
Overview
Grades III and IV, as well as most grade II cases, require surgery to correct, if the patient has difficulty walking. The surgery involves a sulcoplasty, a deepening of the trochlear sulcus that the patella sits in.
References
References
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