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MeSH Heading: Patellar Dislocation
Tree Number(s): C05.550.518.625; C26.289.625; C26.558.554.750
Unique ID: D031222
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D031222
Annotation: do not confuse with KNEE DISLOCATION, which is slippage of the femur off the tibia
Scope Note: Displacement of the PATELLA from the femoral groove.
NLM Classification #: WE 872
Previous Indexing: Dislocations (1965-2002); Patella (1965-2002)
Public MeSH Note: 2003
History Note: 2003
Date Established: 2003/01/01
Date of Entry: 2002/07/03
Revision Date: 2017/07/05

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Patellar Dislocation MeSH Descriptor Data 2025