Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Repair Augmented With Reinforced Bioinductive Implant Using Double-Bundle Patella Docking Technique.

Schultz, Matthew J; Ford, Elizabeth; Wetzler, Merrick; McMillan, Sean · Arthrosc Tech · 2025

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Abstract

Medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction with allograft is the current standard surgical treatment for recurrent lateral patellar instability. The authors describe a technique for MPFL repair that is augmented with a reinforced bioinductive implant inserted using a double-bundle patella docking technique. The tensile strength of the implant provides resistance to patellar translation during healing, offering a notable advantage to historically described MPFL repair techniques and paralleling the benefits of allograft over autograft when used for MPFL reconstruction.

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