Increasing Hospital Admissions for Patellar Instability: a National Database Study from 2004-2017.

CONCLUSIONS: Based on a PHIS database search, pediatric hospital admissions for patellar instability are steadily increasing. The majority of patients admitted for patellar instability are female, white, and have insurance other than Medicaid. Males admitted for patellar instability tended to be older than females admitted for the same. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: II. PMID: 31603700 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Physician and Sportsmedicine Online - Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Phys Sportsmed Source Type: research