Patellofemoral Osteoarthrosis
João Alberto Gomes de Lima
Objectives: To understand the initial assessment of a patient with patellofemoral osteoarthritis. Improve the knowledge of clinical manifestations, physical examination and joint maneuvers in confirming the diagnosis.
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Importance of additional means of diagnosis. Interpretation of radiological findings. Iwano staging system.
Conservative treatment, drugs, weight control and changes in lifestyles. Other nonsurgical therapies.
Surgical treatment. Controversies about the various technical options in the different ways of presenting OAPF.
Various types of surgery in the treatment of OAPF. Success rates, advantages, disadvantages, and surgical complications.
New surgical techniques, research into new materials and perspectives for the prosthesis future.
Key-words: osteoarthrosis, arthrosis, patella, patellofemoral, diagnosis, surgical treatment
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