Should the patella be replaced in total knee replacement?
Men in the mining industry suffer from what medical people call subcutaneous cellulitis of the patella of the knee.
After the pelvis come the femur (thigh), patella, stifle joint, tibia, fibula, tarsal (hock) bone and joint, large metatarsal (cannon) and small metatarsal (splint) bones.
The staph infection did not allow his left patella tendon to heal.
Patella tendon-bone auto graft and hamstring auto graft are the most common and preferred and tend to produce the best results.
The pedipalps have the typical arachnid structure with a coxa, trochanter, femur, patella, tibia and tarsus.
Finally, the lateral collateral ligament and the medial collateral ligament stabilize the patella on either side.
Cavaliers can be subject to a genetic defect of the femur and knee called luxating patella.
