PatellofemoralDisorders:DiagnosisandTreatment

Patellofemoralcomplaintsareamajorproblemforallthoseworkinginsportsmedicineandorthopaedics.Thecorrectdiagnosisatanearlystageisessentialifsubsequenttreatmentistobesuccessfulandsecondarycomplicationsaretobeavoided.Writtenbyaninternationallyknownteamofexpertsthisbooklooksatthevariousdiagnostictechniquescurrentlyavailable,citesexamplesofunsuccessfultreatmentsandproposesthemostappropriateonesontheprovenbasisofthelatestresearch.Thecoreofthebookisthe20casestudiesrangingfromsimplenon-operativetreatmenttomulti-operatedpatientswithsalvageprocedures.Theunderlyingthemeofthebookisthattreatmentofpatellofemoralproblemsmust,inthefirstinstance,besomewhatconservative.Surgicalinterventionsshouldbeperformedinaresponsetoaclearunderlyingpathologyandonlyafternon-operativetreatmenthasfailed.PatellofemoralDisordersisenhancedbytheinclusionofsomesuperbspeciallydrawnillustrationsandnumerouscolourphotographsinthecasestudiessection.