What is the latest treatment for chondromalacia patellae?

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Chondrochondrosis of patella, also known as patellar osteochondritis and chondrochondrosis of patella, is a common disease of the knee. Most of them occur in young adults, and the incidence rate of females is higher than that of males. The pathological changes of ulnar cartilage have degenerative changes, including swelling, shedding and fragmentation of cartilage. At the end of the day, the lesions with the same symptoms often occur in the femoral condyle, which can develop into patellofemoral osteoarthritis. At present, the treatment technology for this disease has been quite mature.

What is the latest treatment for chondromalacia patellae?

Non surgical treatment can be used: for patients with mild symptoms of chondromalacia patella, attention should be paid to prevent direct impact on the patella and reduce the friction activities of the patella, such as going upstairs and downstairs and riding a bicycle. If attention is paid, the symptoms will hopefully be alleviated.

Patelloplasty can be performed: after removing the cartilage of the lesion, the patients with large bone exposure (about 2-3cm) can use the adjacent synovium or the fat pad to reverse suture, so as to cover the exposed bone.

Patellar resection can be used: this treatment is for older patients, if their symptoms are more serious, and the area of bone exposure is still large (generally more than 3 cm), and can not carry out patellar plasty, patellar resection should be considered.

matters needing attention

Prevention of chondromalacia patellae: first of all, we should avoid long-term, fast and forceful flexion and extension. The occurrence of this disease for the elderly generally has two factors: internal factors and external factors. The so-called internal factors generally refer to the degeneration of articular cartilage itself, and the second is to pay attention to the collocation of nutrition.