Lateral patellofemoral ligament reconstruction to restore functional capacity in patients previously undergoing lateral retinacular release
Mitch Beckert, Dylan Crebs, Michael Nieto, Yubo Gao, John Albright
Mitch Beckert, Dylan Crebs, Michael Nieto, Yubo Gao, John Albright, Department of Orthopedics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52240, United States
Author contributions: Beckert M helped design and perform the research and helped write the paper; Crebs D helped with research and manuscript editing; Nieto M helped with research and manuscript editing; Gao Y did statistical analysis and manuscript editing; and Albright J helped with study design and helped write the paper.
Institutional review board statement: This study was reviewed and approved by the Ethics Committee of the Fukushima Medical University Hospital.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: We have no financial relationships or conflicts of interest to disclose.
Data sharing statement: Technical appendix, statistical code, and dataset available from the corresponding author at mitch-beckert@uiowa.edu. Consent was not obtained from patients for data sharing but the presented data are anonymized and risk of identification is extremely low.
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Correspondence to: Mitch Beckert, BS, Department of Orthopedics, University of Iowa, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52240, United States. mitch-beckert@uiowa.edu
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Received: February 18, 2016
Peer-review started: February 18, 2016
First decision: March 24, 2016
Revised: April 7, 2016
Accepted: June 14, 2016
Article in press: June 16, 2016
Published online: August 16, 2016