Chondromalacia of patella: modern conceptions of etiopathogenesis and treatment

Abstract

Occurrence of patella chondromalacia is 9.5 - 19.4% out of degenerative-and-dystrophic diseases of the knee (V.A. Popov, 1987; O.A. Ushakova, 1990). There are contradictory opinions about the tactics of patella chondromalacia treatment in literature due to variety of osteoarthrosis clinical forms. The authors performed complex examination and differentiated surgical treatment of 80 patients (88 knee joints) with patella chondromalacia of I – III Stage. It is revealed, that use of the worked-out techniques of treatment, depending on clinical symptoms of the disease, increases the efficiency of rehabilitative measures.