Thick-Shell Sulcus Deepening Trochleoplasty for Recurrent Patellar Dislocation Leads to Clinically Meaningful Improvements and High Patient Satisfaction in Adolescents with Open Physes

To evaluate clinical and radiological outcomes of thick-shell, sulcus-deepening trochleoplasty in patients with open distal femoral physes and less than two years of growth remaining. We hypothesized that patients would have clinical and radiographic improvements in addition to high patient-reported outcomes following thick-shell, sulcus-deepening trochleoplasty.