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operation may benefit the patient. In the
majority I perform a medial patellofemoral
ligament reconstruction, the question to answer
is do they need a trochleoplasty? On
examination the dysplasia may be palpated (if
the patient is not obese) and the severity is
associated with the type of maltracking noted.
Ultimately surgical management is decided by
quantitative measurements on images, and not
on the examination.
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