Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Yale- love 3D imaging in trochlea dysplasia
New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Joined March 2013
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Recently have encountered 3 surgeons who close quad tendon defect after harvesting quad free tendon for ACLR. They report quad inhibition and blame the graft
Just leave it open and you will rarely see quad inhibition. Why add a hernia repair?
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🗨️ “‘#Patellofemoral syndrome’ is often used as a diagnosis, yet it describes little more than the anatomic region in which symptoms manifest,” @BohdannaZazulak, from @YaleMed, writes in this @SaveThePatella BLOG.
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ABC. A lot Better for the Cartilage AMTTO preserves the joint long term and avoids metal/plastic
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If the patella is unstable and tracks laterally or with a J, move it to be stable. Leave the trochlear cartilage alone
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Precision over presumption—why "patellofemoral syndrome" is not an adequate diagnosis aofoundation.org/who-we-are/…
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Is as simple as this if the patella is lateral and dislocated, anteromedial TTO with a little distalization gets the patella safely inside the lateral convexity, raises the patella past the spur and unloads. Just rebuild the MPFC to further stabilize. Rarely need trochleoplasty
Is as simple as this if the patella is lateral and dislocated, anteromedial TTO with a little distalization gets the patella safely inside the lateral convexity, raises the patella past the spur and unloads. Just rebuild the MPFC to further stabilize. Rarely need trochleoplasty
If the patella is unstable and tracks laterally or with a J, move it to be stable. Leave the trochlear cartilage alone
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Breaking down tibial tuberosity to trochlear groove distance into two components to enable patient-specific treatment strategies.
Learn more in this @JISAKOS original 👇
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The new era of tibial tubercle transfer. Custom 3-D printed AMTTO guides. Look for the Trivara guide
First description of the MQTFL in world literature-2013. I am deeply indebted to Miho Tanaka for combining her anatomic dissections with mine subsequently in order to provide a more detailed description of the anatomy (JBJS, 2016) and then popularizing MQTFL reconstruction
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Just look at an AP view of a 3-D CT and you can see where the patella needs to go. Move the tibial tubercle to get I there, off of the flat or convex proximal trochlea. No need to excavate (deepening trochleoplasty) preserve the joint
Just look at an AP view of a 3-D CT and you can see where the patella needs to go. Move the tibial tubercle to get I there, off of the flat or convex proximal trochlea. No need to excavate (deepening trochleoplasty) preserve the joint
Flat proximal trochlea. 3D shows us the path. No excavation, just move the patella to where it needs to be for easy access to the trochlea- joint preservation
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Tibial tubercle transfer yields joint preservation in patella instability patients
I’ve received images of seven failed trochleoplasties over the last few years, yet I haven’t seen an article on this topic. As I don’t do femoral trochleoplasties myself, other than proximal spur resections, I’d love to see images or comments on this topic. Attach in comments?
Contrary to rumor, I am not retired, but doing less surgery- now focussed on 3D custom TTO guides at Yale Orthopedics.
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No guess work here. With 3D you see it all. Lateral entry to trochlea- just move the tibial tubercle to facilitate patella entry in a stable way. No need to alter the beautiful and congruous trochlea. Knee locked in extension- reliable TTTG, fixed proximal EPTP Easy with 3D plan
Precision over presumption—why "patellofemoral syndrome" is not an adequate diagnosis aofoundation.org/who-we-are/…