Table 3.

Advantages and Limitations

Advantages

Simple, safe, reproducible, and implant-free technique

Postoperative patellar instability was not observed

Safe and adequate for the treatment of recurrent patellar instability, including in adolescents with an open physis

No need to use intraoperative fluoroscopy

Does not interfere with subsequent MRI imaging and adds no additional costs

Limitations

Risk of patellar bone bridge fracture

Nonanatomic type of reconstruction

MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.