Trochlear dysplasia and patellar instability in patients with Down syndrome

Revista Brasileira de Ortopedia

Tiago Amaral Rebouças Moreira¹  Marco Kawamura Demange¹  Riccardo Gomes Gobbi¹  Zan Mustacchi¹  José Ricardo Pécora¹  Luis Eduardo Passarelli Tírico¹  Gilberto Luis Camanho¹ 

关键词: Patellar dislocation;    Down syndrome;    Knee;    Luxação patelar;    Síndrome de Down;    Joelho;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.rboe.2015.03.005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: To analyze occurrences of trochlear dysplasia in patients with Down syndrome in the presence and absence of femoropatellar instability.METHODS: Eleven knees with stable patellae and thirteen with unstable patellae in patients with Down syndrome were compared. Radiographs were produced to evaluate patellar height, trochlear angle and femoropatellar congruence angle.RESULTS: The prevalence ratio for a high patella between the unstable and the stable patients was 1.01 using the Insall-Salvati index and 0.68 using the Caton-Deschamps index. For an abnormal congruence angle, the prevalence ratio was 2.04. An increased congruence angle was only found in four cases, all presenting instability.CONCLUSIONS: Trochlear dysplasia was only found in cases of instability. The trochlear groove angle and the femoropatellar congruence angle correlated with the presence of patellar instability.

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