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Patient Education - X Ray Library

X-Ray Library Patella


This section is intended to give you a little more detail about what your particular problem or injury looks like radiographically (by xray images).

The images on this page represent normal patellar (knee cap) anatomy as well as xrays of knees with chondromalacia (thin and softening cartilage) and Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD). Some images show what the knee cap looks like if it 'pops' out of place (which is called subluxating/slipping or dislocating). There are a few images which demonstrate how some of these problems can be fixed.


image Neutral position
Neutral position
image Subluxated or tilted
Subluxated or tilted
image Full dislocation
Full dislocation




image Xray Position
Xray Position
image thick cartilage space
thick cartilage space
image thin space and bone spurs
thin space and bone spurs




image tilted alignments on top
tilted alignments on top
image lateral tilting
lateral tilting
image before / after lateral release
before / after lateral release




image at risk for slipping out <br>/ subluxating
at risk for slipping out
/ subluxating
image Patella Fracture Patterns
Patella Fracture Patterns
image Fixed with a wire
Fixed with a wire




image Fixed with screws
Fixed with screws
image Fixed with Pins and wire <br>(tension band)
Fixed with Pins and wire
(tension band)
image lateral release medial repair
lateral release medial repair




image tibial tubercle transfer
tibial tubercle transfer


Also in: Patient Education - X Ray Library

Patient Education: X-Ray Library

Partial Knee Replacement (Uni)
Images about Uni Joint Replacement Surgery

X-Ray Library Patella
Radiographic Images and Illustrations of the knee cap (Patella)


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