Medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction in children

Matuszewski, Łukasz; Tramś, Marek; Ciszewski, Andrzej; Wilczyński, Michał; Tramś, Ewa; Jakubowski, Paweł; Matuszewska, Anna; John, Kishore

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“…No further studies were found from manually checking the reference lists of the selected articles. In the end, 12 articles that met all the inclusion criteria were finalized for our study [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. The flowchart in Figure 1 depicts the selection process of the studies.…”

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Complications and Recurrence of Patellar Instability after Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

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Background: This study aimed to review the data available in the current literature concerning the complications and recurrence of instability following medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction for patellar instability in young and adolescent patients (those <20 years old). Methods: A systematic review was performed based on the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. Two independent reviewers searched the PubMed, Scopus, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases. The terms “medial patellofemoral ligament” or “MPFL” and “reconstruction” and “young” or “adolescents” or “children” were used. The inclusion criteria for the literature review comprised studies that reported the complications and recurrences of instability in patients who had undergone MPFL reconstruction for patellar instability. Results: In all, 332 patients were included in the review, of which 195 were females (63.5%) and 112 were males (36.5%), and they totaled 352 treated knees. The mean age at the time of the surgery was 14.28 years, and the mean follow-up duration was 30.17 months. A total of 16 (4.5%) complications were reported: one (0.3%) patella fracture, one (0.3%) screw removal due to intolerance, one (0.3%) infection, five (1.4%) wound complications, six (1.7%) subluxations and two (0.6%) instances of post-operative stiffness. A total of 18 (5.1%) recurrences of patellar instability were recorded. Conclusions: MPFL reconstruction in young patients can be considered an effective and safe treatment leading to clinical improvement in terms of recurrence of dislocation. No major complications related to the technique were reported, but a high level of research evidence is required to better evaluate the clinical results in a long-term follow-up.

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Complications and Recurrence of Patellar Instability after Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

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“…Seven studies 4 , 7 , 8 , 14 , 16 , 23 , 24 met all criteria and were included in this systematic review ( Figure 1 ). The studies included 150 patients who underwent MPFLR with autograft and 193 with allograft ( Table 1 ).…”

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“…Two studies 4 , 16 randomized patients to receive autograft or allograft. Kumar et al 14 allowed patients and their families to make a choice between autograft or allograft after discussion of risks and benefits.…”

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“…Table 3 shows the mCMS values from the 7 included studies. Four studies 7 , 14 , 16 , 24 received a good score, and 3 studies 4 , 8 , 23 received a poor score.…”

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“…Risk of bias for the 6 nonrandomized 4 , 7 , 8 , 14 , 23 , 24 studies was assessed according to the Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies–of Interventions (ROBINS-I 25 ) tool, which incorporates an assessment of bias due to confounding, selection of participants, deviations from intended interventions, completeness of outcome data, selection of outcomes reported, and other sources of bias. For the remaining randomized study, 16 risk of bias was assessed according to the Cochrane Collaboration risk-of-bias tool (Version 2). 9 The “template for completion” (provided at…”

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Autograft Versus Allograft for Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction: A Systematic Review

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Kraeutler

Miskimin

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Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine

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Background: Patients with recurrent lateral patellar dislocations are often treated with reconstruction of the medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL). Purpose: To perform a systematic review to evaluate clinical outcomes and the risk of recurrent patellar dislocation after MPFL reconstruction (MPFLR) with autograft versus allograft. Study Design: Systematic review; Level of evidence, 4. Methods: The authors conducted a search of PubMed, the Cochrane Library, and Embase to identify studies comparing outcomes of MPFLR with autograft versus allograft. The inclusion criteria were full-text studies that directly compared clinical outcomes and/or risk of recurrent patellar instability between patients undergoing MPFLR with autograft versus allograft. A quality assessment was performed using the modified Coleman Methodology Score, and risk-of-bias assessment was performed using the Risk Of Bias In Non-randomized Studies–of Interventions and the Cochrane Collaboration tools. Results: Seven studies (1 evidence level 2, 3 level 3, 3 level 4) that met inclusion criteria were identified and included a total of 150 patients who underwent MPFLR with autograft and 193 with MPFLR with allograft. One study found a significantly higher failure rate among patients with autograft, and another study found a trend toward a significantly higher failure rate among patients with autograft. One study demonstrated no significant difference between postoperative tibial tubercle–trochlear groove distance (measured on magnetic resonance imaging scans) in failed versus successful grafts. One study found that patellar tilt angle improved significantly from preoperatively to postoperatively ( P < .001) but there was no difference between the groups. Kujala scores significantly improved for both autograft and allograft groups across studies. Two studies found significant differences in postoperative Kujala scores between the 2 groups, 1 of which found better scores in the allograft group ( P = .0032) and another in which scores were better in the autograft group ( P = .02). Conclusion: Patients undergoing MPFLR with either autograft or allograft can expect to experience improvement in clinical outcomes. Subjective outcomes improved to a similar degree in both groups. Graft failure was more frequently observed in patients with autograft. Allograft may be a better option for MPFLR owing to lower failure rate.

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