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The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery British Volume
Vol. 84-B, Issue 6 | Pages 861 - 864
1 Aug 2002
Nakagawa K Wada Y Minamide M Tsuchiya A Moriya H

We examined an39 patients (45 knees) who had undergone Elmslie-Trillat procedure for recurrent or habitual dislocation of the patella with a follow-up of more than ten years. The mean age at the time of surgery was 18.4 years; the mean follow-up was 161 months (120 to 238). Using Fulkerson’s functional knee score, 41 knees (91%) had an excellent or good result at a mean follow-up of 45 months, and this was maintained in 29 (64%) at the final review.

The main cause of deterioration in the clinical results was the onset or worsening of patellofemoral joint pain, not patellar instability.