TY - JOUR
T1 - Editorial Commentary
T2 - Back to the Future With the Medial Patellofemoral Complex
AU - Dhawan, Aman
N1 - Funding Information:
The author reports the following potential conflicts of interest or sources of funding: A.D. is a consultant for Smith & Nephew and Avenue Therapeutics; receives grant support from Revotek, Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health, and Penn State University; receives payment for lectures including service on speakers bureaus from Smith & Nephew; is Associate Editor of Arthroscopy; is a committee member of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Publications Committee and the Arthroscopy Association of North America Research Committee; and is on the editorial boards of Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine and Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review, outside the submitted work. Full ICMJE author disclosure forms are available for this article online, as supplementary material.
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PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - The desire to better re-create the native anatomy in orthopaedic surgery—and especially knee ligament reconstruction—was an area of great debate and discussion approximately 10 years ago in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Our better and more detailed understanding of the anatomy, especially the insertional anatomy, of the ACL fueled the debate over the best surgical technique to maximize function, improve patient outcomes, and reduce long-term morbidity. While these discussions are still ongoing, detailed study of the medial patellofemoral complex (MPFC) anatomy is bringing us “back to the future” with similar discussions on how to best re-create this anatomy. Although specific techniques and surgical risks versus rewards will continue to be debated, our improved understanding of the anatomy of the MPFC, similar to our improved understanding of the ACL, ultimately will improve how MPFC reconstruction is performed and improve patient outcomes.
AB - The desire to better re-create the native anatomy in orthopaedic surgery—and especially knee ligament reconstruction—was an area of great debate and discussion approximately 10 years ago in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction. Our better and more detailed understanding of the anatomy, especially the insertional anatomy, of the ACL fueled the debate over the best surgical technique to maximize function, improve patient outcomes, and reduce long-term morbidity. While these discussions are still ongoing, detailed study of the medial patellofemoral complex (MPFC) anatomy is bringing us “back to the future” with similar discussions on how to best re-create this anatomy. Although specific techniques and surgical risks versus rewards will continue to be debated, our improved understanding of the anatomy of the MPFC, similar to our improved understanding of the ACL, ultimately will improve how MPFC reconstruction is performed and improve patient outcomes.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.arthro.2020.09.023
DO - 10.1016/j.arthro.2020.09.023
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 33276889
AN - SCOPUS:85096871724
SN - 0749-8063
VL - 36
SP - 3016
EP - 3018
JO - Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
JF - Arthroscopy - Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery
IS - 12
ER -