Relevant publications
Very low dislocation rate and good clinical outcome after Bereiter trochleoplasty and additional procedures following the Copenhagen patella-femoral instability algorithm: One- and two-years outcomes from a consecutive cohort of 368 cases. Dippmann C, Siersm V, Rechter S, Barfod KW, Lavard P. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2025 Mar 25. doi: 10.1002/ksa.12663. Online ahead of print.PMID: 40130493
Open and arthroscopic deepening trochleoplasty improves post-operative outcomes: A systematic review of the literature reveals lack of comparability between techniques. Høj S, Lundegaard JK, Blønd L, Lavard P, Rechter AS, Dippmann C, Barfod KW. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2025 Mar 17. doi: 10.1002/ksa.12647. Online ahead of print.PMID: 40095317
Post-operative joint stiffness after Bereiter trochleoplasty does not affect 2-year improvement in patient-reported outcomes. A prospective cohort study of 374 Bereiter trochleoplasties. Dippmann C, Soleas C, Rechter AS, Siersma V, Barfod KW, Lavard P.Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2025 Mar 7. doi: 10.1002/ksa.12645. Online ahead of print.PMID: 40053930
Good 5-year results and a low redislocation rate using an à la carte treatment algorithm for patellofemoral instability in patients with severe trochlea dysplasia. Dippmann C, Lavard P, Kourakis AH, Siersma V, Hansen P, Talibi M, Krogsgaard MR.Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2025 Feb;33(2):401-412. doi: 10.1002/ksa.12432. Epub 2024 Aug 22.PMID: 39171406 Free PMC article.
The worn knee. Dippmann C, Rathcke M, Overgaard S, Lavard P.Ugeskr Laeger. 2024 Oct 28;186(44):V04240257. doi: 10.61409/V04240257.PMID: 39534927 Free article. Review. Danish.
Adolescents with prior patellar dislocation report affected quality of life and function, as measured using the Banff Patella Instability Instrument, Kujala and EQ-5D-5L index scores. Eysturoy NH, Husum HC, Ingelsrud LH, Danielsen O, Blønd L, Mortensen E, Hölmich P, Barfod KW. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2024 May 20. doi: 10.1002/ksa.12270.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38769842/
High prevalence of patellar dislocation and trochlear dysplasia in a geographically and genetically isolated society: an observational national cohort study from the Faroese Knee Cohort. Eysturoy NH, Husum HC, Mortensen ES, Blønd L, Hölmich P, Barfod KW. Acta Orthop. 2024 Jan 18;95:14-19. doi: 10.2340/17453674.2024.35229
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38240376/
Trochlear Shape and Patient-Reported Outcomes After Arthroscopic Deepening Trochleoplasty and Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction: A Retrospective Cohort Study Including MRI Assessments of the Trochlear Groove. Blønd L, Barfod KW. Orthop J Sports Med. 2023 May 22;11(5):23259671231171378. doi: 10.1177/23259671231171378.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37250741/
Comparison between conventional MRI and weight-bearing positional MRI reveals important differences in radiological measurements of the patellofemoral joint. Hansen P, Harving M, Øhlenschlæger T, Brinch S, Lavard P, Krogsgaard M, Boesen M.Skeletal Radiol. 2023 Aug;52(8):1525-1534. doi: 10.1007/s00256-023-04304-9. Epub 2023 Mar 6.PMID: 36877225
Arthroscopic Deepening Trochleoplasty and MPFL-reconstruction changes the trochlear shape and improves patient reported outcome. A retrospective cohort study including pre- and postoperative MRI assessments of the Trochlear Groove. Blond L, Barfod KW. Orthop J Sport Med. 2023 May 22;11(5):23259671231171378.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37250741/
Trochlea dysplasia, increased TT‐TG distance and patella alta are risk factors for developing first‐time and recurrent patella dislocation: a systematic review. Danielsen O, Poulsen TA, Eysturoy NH, Mortensen ES, Hölmich P, Barfod KW. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2023 Feb 28. doi: 10.1007/s00167-022-07255-1. Online ahead of print.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36854995/
Effect of Medialization of the Trochlear Groove and Lateralization of the Tibial Tubercle on TT-TG Distance: A Cross-sectional Study of Dysplastic and Nondysplastic Knees. Paiva M, Blønd L, Hölmich P, Barfod KW. Am J Sports Med 36354652098781, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1177/0363546520987819.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33595335/
Persistent morbidity after Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction - A registry study with an eight-year follow-up on a nationwide cohort from 1996 to 2014. Gravesen KS, Kallemose T, Blønd L, Troelsen A, Barfod KW. Knee. 1 jan. 2019, I : The Knee. 26, 1, s. 20-25 6 s.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30502935/
High incidence of acute and recurrent patellar dislocations: a retrospective nationwide epidemiological study involving 24.154 primary dislocations. Gravesen KS, Kallemose T, Blønd L, Troelsen A, Barfod KW. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2017 Jun 23. doi: 10.1007/s00167-017-4594-7.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28646382/
Quality assessment of radiological measurements of trochlear dysplasia; a literature review. Paiva M, Blønd L, Hölmich P, Steensen RN, Diederichs G, Feller JA, Barfod KW. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2017 Mar 18. doi: 10.1007/s00167-017-4520-z. [Epub ahead of print] Review.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28315921/
Patellofemoral lidelse på grund af øget anteversion af collum femoris. Barfod KW, Blønd L, Maier JF. Ugeskr Laeger. 2016 Aug 29;178(35). pii: V67954.
https://ugeskriftet.dk/videnskab/patellofemoral-lidelse-pa-grund-af-oget-anteversion-af-collum-femoris