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Descriptor English: Patellar Dislocation
Descriptor Spanish: Luxación de la Rótula
Descriptor luxación de la rótula
Entry term(s) luxación de la patela
luxación patelar
luxación rotuliana
Scope note: Desplazamiento de la PATELA respecto de la troclea femoral.
Descriptor Portuguese: Luxação Patelar
Descriptor French: Luxation patellaire
Entry term(s): Dislocation, Patellar
Dislocations, Patellar
Patellar Dislocations
Tree number(s): C05.550.518.625
C26.289.625
C26.558.554.750
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D031222
Scope note: Displacement of the PATELLA from the femoral groove.
Annotation: do not confuse with KNEE DISLOCATION, which is slippage of the femur off the tibia
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Dislocations (1965-2002)
Patella (1965-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
DeCS ID: 37294
Unique ID: D031222
NLM Classification: WE 872
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2017/07/05
Patellar Dislocation - Preferred
Concept UI M0396886
Scope note Displacement of the PATELLA from the femoral groove.
Preferred term Patellar Dislocation
Entry term(s) Dislocation, Patellar
Dislocations, Patellar
Patellar Dislocations



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