Schoettle Point

The Schoettle Point is a geometric point on the knee joint in the region of the knee disc (lat. patella). It is located slightly before the imaginary extension of the thigh posterior edge at the medial (inner) pivot of the femur.

The dislocation of the knee disc (patellar luxation) to the lateral (external) leads to a tear of the inner knee-disk retaining band (medial retinaculum or medial patellofemoral ligament, MPFL). As a result of this symptom, there is the risk of recurring dislocation of the knee disc, which can be stabilized by the so-called MPFL reconstruction. The MPFL reconstruction is the most successful form of treatment for the instability of the knee disc. With the increasing number of operations carried out, first problems also arose. These were precisely examined by the pioneer of the MPFL reconstruction and the treatment of the patellar luxation - the German orthopedic surgeon Philip Schöttle. He was the first to identify the correlation between the correct fixation on the femur and the success of the operation and published the point in 2007 in the American Journal of Sports Medicine. With the help of this point, it is now possible to carry out the MPFL reconstruction in such a way that, independent of the technique, it results in a stable knee joint with free knee joint mobility. Single-level Edit source text Weblinks Edit sourcetext

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