Medial Patellofemoral Ligament (MPFL) Reconstruction
Introduction:- The Medial Patellofemoral Ligament is a ligaments made of group of bands of retinacular tissues that is an hour shaped ligament. This ligament play an important role and stabilization and support to the medial aspect of the Patella bone. Most importantly it acts during the early stages of knee flexion, it is the critical component in patellar tracking and its stability that is within the trochlear groove. Attachments:- This ligament is located in the second layer of the three soft tissue layer that is within the medial aspect of the knee. It originates from the shape that is running between the adductor tubercle, that is superior to superficial medial collateral ligament. There is a broad insertion of the MPFL onto the superomedial aspect of Patella that is (20-30mm). There is proximal insertion that extends to quadricep tendon and the distal insertion crosses deep to distal vastus medialis obliques which has average length of 56mm. How the medial pate...