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 ...

It has generally been thought that restoration of patellar bone thickness helps prevent patellar fracture after TKA. Reuben and colleagues [20] demonstrated that a patellar bone thickness of 15 mm ...

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 ...