# A Prospective, Randomized Study of Operative and Nonoperative Treatment for Primary Traumatic Patellar Dislocation

> **NCT00551668** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **Finnish Defense Forces** · enrollment: 40 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Patellar Dislocation

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** proximal patellar surgery
- **PROCEDURE:** Nonoperative

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT00551668
- **Lead sponsor:** Finnish Defense Forces
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER_GOV
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 1998-01
- **Primary completion:** —
- **Final completion:** 2000-12
- **Target enrollment:** 40 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2007-10-31


## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00551668

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT00551668, "A Prospective, Randomized Study of Operative and Nonoperative Treatment for Primary Traumatic Patellar Dislocation". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-07-18 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT00551668. Licensed CC0.

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