Chronic patellar dislocation is a rare condition where the patella remains dislocated throughout knee range of motion during flexion and extension. In adults, the delayed presentation of this condition is often due to symptoms caused by the onset of severe secondary osteoarthritis. To the authors' knowledge, all of the cases reported in the literature have been treated by patellofemoral or total knee replacements depending on patient age and the extent of the arthritis. This article describes a rare case of a 22-year-old woman who sustained a traumatic chronic patellar dislocation for 5 months. Clinical examination revealed a valgus deformity of the left leg secondary to childhood injury and that the patella lay lateral to the lateral femoral condyle throughout flexion and extension. Radiographs of the knee revealed patellar dislocation. Long-leg radiographs of the left leg showed an anatomic tibiofemoral angle of 17° valgus. The anatomical (74°) and mechanical (80°) lateral distal femoral angles were abnormal, whereas the medial proximal tibial angle (87°) was normal, confirming that the valgus deformity was due to the abnormal distal femur. The authors performed a distal femoral osteotomy to correct the valgus deformity. Medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction using a hamstring autograft was performed to stabilize the patella.
Purpose: The objective was to evaluate the clinical and patient-related short- to medium-term performance of the OPTY-LINE nail device for high tibial osteotomy (HTO), comparing a case series of the said device to the established Tomofix fixed-plate device. Patients and Methods: Males with symptomatic medial compartmental osteoarthritis and no serious (co-morbid) knee pathology were followed up, five Tomofix and six OPTY-LINE patients. Patients underwent computed tomography assessment and completed Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome score (KOOS) and osteotomy surgery patient satisfaction questionnaires, 3 and 6 months post-surgery. A radiologist impression score and a quantitative digital bone density analysis were performed by two independent radiologists. Mann–Whitney U test was applied for inferential statistical tests. Results: At 6 months post-surgery, for Tomofix, the median radiologists’ healing impression score was ‘progressive healing’ versus ‘union virtually complete’ for the OPTY-LINE nail; bone healing quotient was 1.30 (standard deviation (SD) 1.74) versus 1.78 (SD 1.58), p = 0.18. The post-operative absolute surgical accuracy was a mean 12 (7.5) for Tomofix versus 4.1 (2.3) for OPTY-LINE, p = 0.052. At baseline, however, Tomofix patients had more knee symptoms, as determined by KOOS symptom sub-score, when compared to the OPTY-LINE cohort ( p = 0.009). Conclusion: This initial, non-randomized, comparative evaluation of the OPTY-LINE device for HTO has produced similar outcomes to patients treated with the established Tomofix device. In particular, the rate of post-surgical bone regeneration and surgical accuracy achieved with the OPTY-LINE device are encouraging. Large-scale randomized controlled studies with longer follow-up are indicated to further evaluate the clinical and patient-related outcome performance for OPTY-LINE.
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