ArticleBMC surgery2025
Arthroscopic release of lateral patellar retinaculum for patellofemoral arthrosis.
Article in BMC surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed.
- Long-term clinical outcomes following arthroscopic lateral retinacular release with concomitant cartilage procedures in patients with isolated patellofemoral osteoarthritis: a mean 11-year follow-up study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2026Article
- Cartilage restoration procedures in patellofemoral stabilization.Annals of joint · 2026Review
- One-year recovery after lateral retinaculum release combined with chondroplasty in patients with lateral patellar compression syndrome.Chinese journal of traumatology = Zhonghua chuang shang za zhi · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
5 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundIn orthopedics clinic, patellofemoral arthrosis is a special type of osteoarthritis and yet the surgical methods are still debatable.
methodsWe retrospectively reviewed 94 patients with knee patellofemoral arthrosis who were underwent knee arthroscopic exploration and debridement only or underwent arthroscopic release of the lateral patellar retinaculum at the same time. LPFA, PTA, PSA as well as WOMAC, Lysholm, Kujala and VAS scores were used to evaluate the clinical outcomes between two groups.
resultsAll patients were followed up for more than one year. The LPFA and PTA were improved after surgeries. The postoperative Lysholm and Kujala scores of both groups were higher and the postoperative WOMAC and VAS scores were lower than those of preoperatively. There was no significant difference between two groups at 6 months, while at 12 months, observation group were better than those of control group.
conclusionsArthroscopic release of lateral patellar retinaculum is effective in the treatment of patellofemoral arthrosis.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.