Preface; Contents; Case 1:: A 13-Year-Old Boy; Answers; Summary; Case 2:: A 16-Year-Old Boy; History; Past Medical History; Family History; Current Medication; Examination; X-rays; Answers; Summary; Case 3:: A 15-Year-Old Boy; History; Past Medical History; Family History; Current Drug Therapy; On Examination; Scores; X-rays; Follow-Up Clinic 4 Months Post-injury; Plan; Follow-Up Clinic 10 Months Post-Injury; On Examination; Opinion; Follow-Up 4 Years Later; History; Examination; Images; Answers; Case 4:: A 19-Year-Old Man; Past Medical History; Family History

Examination Scores; Imaging; Answers; Case 5:: A 20-Year-Old Woman; Past Medical History; Family History; On Examination; X-rays; Follow-Up; Operation; Answers; Case 6:: A 21-Year-Old Man; On Examination; Operation Left Knee; Follow-Up 6 Weeks Later; Images; Answers; Case 7:: A 36-Year-Old Woman; Past Medical History; Family History; Current Medication; Examination; Images; CT Scan Report (Performed Elsewhere and Images Not Available); Operation Left Knee; Follow-Up 6 Weeks; Letter from Patient at 4 Months Follow-Up; Follow-Up 2 Years; Letter at 3 Years Follow-Up

Follow-Up Email 42 Months After Operation Current Scores; Answers; Case 8:: A 17-Year-Old Boy; Scores; Examination; Images; CT Scan Measurements; Operation Left Knee; Follow-Up 8 Weeks; Images; Answers; Case 9:: A 22-Year-Old Woman; Examination; Images; Follow-Up 6 Weeks Post-operation; Follow-Up 1 Year Post-operation; On Examination; Images; Follow-Up 4 Years Post-operation (by Telephone); Answers; Case 10:: A 24-Year-Old Man; Family History; Examination; Images; MRI Report; Conclusion; Follow-Up 8 Weeks Post-operation; Answers; Case 11:: A 73-Year-Old Woman

Past Medical History Examination; X-rays; Follow-Up; Post-operative Follow-Up; On Examination; X-rays; Answers; Case 12:: A 34-Year-Old Man; Current Medication; On Examination; X-rays; Answers; Case 13:: A 31-Year-Old Man; Past Medical History; On Examination; Answers; Case 14:: A 42-Year-Old Woman; Current Drug Therapy; Social History; On Examination; X-rays; Answers; Case 15:: A 74-Year-Old Woman; Past Medical History; Current Medication; Examination; X-rays; Answers; Case 16:: A 54-Year-Old Man; Past Medical History; Examination; Images; Ultrasound Report

Progress Follow-Up 4 Weeks Post-admission; Follow-Up 8 Weeks Post-admission; MRI Scan; Follow-Up 6 Months from Admission; Follow-Up by Telephone 10 Months from Admission; Answers

This book adopts a case-based approach to the management of patellofemoral disorders with the aim of helping orthopaedic surgeons at all levels of experience to decide whether individual patients referred with patellofemoral problems should be treated conservatively or operatively. A series of real-life case stories are used to illustrate every stage of the decision-making process and to explore the reader?s higher-order thinking around patient management. In each case study, the patient?s history, clinical and imaging findings, and management are reported, during the course of which the reader is asked searching questions. The reader is then able to compare his or her responses with those given by the authors, which are provided at the end of each case-specific chapter. This format ensures that knowledge and understanding improve as the reader progresses through the book. Although the cases are addressed primarily from the standpoint of the orthopaedic surgeon, the dominant management strategy is non-operative in many of them. Beyond surgeons, the book will also be of value for musculoskeletal physiotherapists with a particular interest in the knee.