An 84-year-old female patient, while turning in bed at night, suffered shooting pains and knee locking in the right knee with apparent patella luxation, which made a loud bang when reduced by the ...

Untreated, a luxating patella can cause arthritis so you might also see other symptoms like stiffness, reluctance to use ...

This type of dislocation is caused by a high energy transfer. This implies that a lot of force was needed to displace the patella. This may take the form of a tangential blow across the front of the ...