It is important to realise that the anatomy was normal before injury and therefore treatment should be directed at restoring this normality. If the patella lies normally centred in the femoral groove ...

so a ‘luxating patella’ means a dislocating kneecap. As in humans, your dog’s kneecap is a bone that sits on the front of their knee. It actually sits inside a tendon that goes from the ...

We’re all familiar with the major bones of a human body, although many folks don’t know their official names. Far less well-known are some small bones, most of which are really tiny, roughly the size ...

When the patella (kneecap) moves out of alignment during running and doesn’t track properly in the trochlea, the ridge inside the upper leg bone, the femur, causes the cartilage under the ...

The radiological diagnosis of transient patellar dislocation was confirmed by the presence of the characteristic countercoup pattern of lateral femoral condyle bone bruising (fig 1). Following this, ...