0 relating to the patella (= the bone shaped like a triangle at the front of the knee):
a patellar ligament
Malrotation of either the femoral or tibial component will affect patellar tracking and can lead to patellar subluxation or dislocation (8).
The most relevant are deep or wound infection, thromboembolic disease, neurovascular injury, extensor mechanism complications (51), or aseptic loosening and recurrent patellar dislocation (2).
Following an adolescent growth spurt, repeated stress from contraction of the quadriceps is transmitted through the patellar tendon to the immature tibial tuberosity.
The femur had a spherical head, a medial condyle considerably larger than the lateral, and a shallow patellar groove.
Two non-communicative bursae are located in front of the patella and below the patellar tendon, and others are sometimes present.
A patellar tendon needle biopsy was performed under local anesthetic, and tendon cells were expanded by in vitro culture.
The wound is typically smaller than the patellar tendon graft and hence less pain after the operation.
In the knee the quadriceps and patellar tendon can sometimes tear.
