Abstract
The results of 18 professional athletes, treated by arthroscopically assisted closed leteral capsular release for patello, femoral pathologies unresponsive to 6 months conservative treatment were prospectively analyzed. There were 10 male and 8 female patients. Mean age was 23.7 and mean follow-up was 18.4 months. The diagnosis was lateral patellar hyperpression in 7 cases, patellar subluxation in 7 cases and patello-femoral arthritis in 4 cases. After a detailed clinical and three-plane radiological assesment, the patients under went a diagnostic arthroscopy followed by a closed subcutaneous lateral release. There were no early postoperative complications. The clinical results were graded according to the scoring system of Hall. They were rated excellent in 6 and good knee 1 in lateral hyperpression group; excellent in 6 and good in 1 knee in the subluxation group; good in 1, and bad in 2 knees in the arthritis group. It was concluded that arthroscopically assisted closed lateral capsular release is a simple and effective procedure when performed in athletes who meet the indication criteria.
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