Nearly half of patients with first-time patellar dislocation underwent operative treatment

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Nearly half of patients with a first-time patellar dislocation and most patients with recurrent patellar dislocations underwent operative management, according to results presented here.
To better describe clinical characteristics and predictors of clinical outcomes in young patients with patellar instability, Meghan E. Bishop, MD, and colleagues enrolled patients 10 to 35 years of age who experienced a patellar instability event into the Justifying Patellar Instability Treatment by Early Results (JUPITER) study. Researchers confirmed patellar dislocation using

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Nearly half of patients with a first-time patellar dislocation and most patients with recurrent patellar dislocations underwent operative management, according to results presented here.
To better describe clinical characteristics and predictors of clinical outcomes in young patients with patellar instability, Meghan E. Bishop, MD, and colleagues enrolled patients 10 to 35 years of age who experienced a patellar instability event into the Justifying Patellar Instability Treatment by Early Results (JUPITER) study. Researchers confirmed patellar dislocation using