Dr. Ronak Patel and colleagues from the Cleveland Clinic publish their results on a novel technique to treat certain cases of patellar instability.
Dr. Ronak Patel and colleagues from the Cleveland Clinic publish their results on a novel technique to treat certain cases of patellar instability. The technique was devised by Dr. Jack Andrish, a respected expert in patellofemoral disorders and one of Dr. Patel's closest mentors.
We conducted a radiographic study to determine whether a patellar tendon imbrication technique normalizes patellar height as well as whether the shortened length is maintained at a minimum 2-year follow-up.