Deepening trochleoplasty may dramatically increase retropatellar contact pressures‐ a pilot study establishing a finite element model

• Dominik Kaiser,
• Tobias Götschi,
• Elias Bachmann,
• Jess G. Snedeker,
• Philippe M. Tscholl,
• Sandro F. Fucentese

Affiliations

Dominik Kaiser

Department of OrthopedicsBalgrist University HospitalUniversity of ZurichForchstrasse 3408008ZurichSwitzerland

Tobias Götschi

Department of OrthopedicsBiomechanical Research LaboratoryBalgrist CampusUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland

Elias Bachmann

Department of OrthopedicsBiomechanical Research LaboratoryBalgrist CampusUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland

Jess G. Snedeker

Department of OrthopedicsBiomechanical Research LaboratoryBalgrist CampusUniversity of ZurichZurichSwitzerland

Philippe M. Tscholl

Department of OrthopedicsBalgrist University HospitalUniversity of ZurichForchstrasse 3408008ZurichSwitzerland

Sandro F. Fucentese

Department of OrthopedicsBalgrist University HospitalUniversity of ZurichForchstrasse 3408008ZurichSwitzerland