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== Patellar Subluxation/Dislocation ==
== Patellar Subluxation/Dislocation ==


Did you find anything that mentioned ay significance in changes with the 
Did you find anything that mentioned any significance in changes with the sulcus angle?  I know it goes hand in hand with the congruence angle, but does it signify any other pathology when the sulcus angle is above or 137-141 deg?

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Overall things look great.  Very clear and thorough.

MCL and LCL tears[edit source]

Do both stress xrays and MRIs have 87% diagnostic accuracy or is it just MRIs? 


Meniscus Tears[edit source]

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 "Newer MRI techniques, including 3-T scanners with cartilage-sensitive pulse sequences andT 2 mapping, allow detection of early degenerative changes in cartilage before discernible loss of cartilage thickness is visible on a conventional MRI.[6]"


• Look for areas of abnormal morphology
• Abnormally increased T1 and T2 signals (often linearly orient¬ed) intersect the edges of the meniscus along the articular surface


Patellar Subluxation/Dislocation[edit source]

Did you find anything that mentioned any significance in changes with the sulcus angle?  I know it goes hand in hand with the congruence angle, but does it signify any other pathology when the sulcus angle is above or 137-141 deg?