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Fig. 3

From: Intraoperative patellar maltracking and postoperative radiographic patellar malalignment were more frequent in cases of complete medial collateral ligament release in cruciate-retaining total knee arthroplasty

Fig. 3

a A perpendicular line (SS´) from the deepest point of the sulcus (S) is drawn to a line connecting the most anterior aspects of the medial and lateral femoral trochlear facets. b Apex of the patellar dome (A) is marked, which is on the perpendicular bisector of the base. c Patellar displacement is defined as the distance between point A and line SS´

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Knee Surgery & Related Research

ISSN: 2234-2451