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<journal-id>2306-4102</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta ortopédica mexicana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta ortop. mex]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2306-4102</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio Mexicano de Ortopedia y Traumatología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2306-41022024000100060</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.35366/114668</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Allograft reconstruction of the medial patellofemoral complex in skeletally immature patients: a technical note]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Reconstrucción con aloinjerto del complejo femororrotuliano medial en pacientes esqueléticamente inmaduros: nota técnica]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Masquijo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[J]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Sanatorio Allende Department of Pediatric Orthopaedics ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cordoba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Argentina</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>38</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>60</fpage>
<lpage>65</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2306-41022024000100060&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2306-41022024000100060&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2306-41022024000100060&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Patellofemoral instability (PFI) is a common disorder in children and adolescents. Surgical stabilization of the patella poses challenges in skeletally immature patients due to anatomical peculiarities at this stage, leading to the absence of an established standard reconstruction technique. Recently, there has been a notable interest in the medial patellofemoral complex (MPFC), encompassing the medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) and the medial quadriceps tendon femoral ligament (MQTFL), owing to their role in restricting lateral patellar displacement. This paper aims to describe the surgical technique employed by the author for reconstructing the medial patellofemoral complex with allograft in skeletally immature patients with patellofemoral instability. Study design: surgical technique.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: La inestabilidad patelofemoral (PFI) es un trastorno común en niños y adolescentes. La estabilización quirúrgica de la rótula plantea desafíos en pacientes esqueléticamente inmaduros debido a peculiaridades anatómicas en esta etapa, lo que lleva a la ausencia de una técnica de reconstrucción estándar establecida. Recientemente, ha habido un interés notable en el complejo femororrotuliano medial (MPFC), que abarca el ligamento femororrotuliano medial (MPFL) y el ligamento femoral del tendón del cuádriceps medial (MQTFL), debido a su papel en la restricción del desplazamiento rotuliano lateral. Este artículo tiene como objetivo describir la técnica quirúrgica empleada por el autor para reconstruir el complejo femororrotuliano medial con aloinjerto en pacientes esqueléticamente inmaduros con inestabilidad femororrotuliana. Diseño del estudio: técnica quirúrgica.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[patellofemoral instability]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[children]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[adolescents]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[allograft]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[reconstruction]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[medial patellofemoral complex]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[inestabilidad femororrotuliana]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[niños]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[adolescentes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[aloinjerto]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[reconstrucción]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[complejo femororrotuliano medial]]></kwd>
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