Sentences with phrase «luxating medially»

Grade II: The patella sits loosely in its normal position but will luxate medially when the leg is flexed.

Patella luxation, or knee dislocation, can range in severity from a patella that can be luxated (dislocated) only in extreme extension and then snaps readily into place, to a patella that is permanently luxated medially (toward the center of the dog's body).

The patella can luxate medially (inside surface) or laterally (outside surface).

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Under his leadership, that hospital began offering orthopedic surgical procedures such as anterior cruciate ruptures and medially luxating patellas.

Medially Luxating Patella (also described as slipping patella or knee cap) by Dr Steven Metcalf BSc BVMS (Hons) MSc MACVSc

With the patella dislocated (or «luxated») medially, the knee can not extend properly and stays bent.