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Kneecap Pain and Injury

Kaelyn Gordon

East Islip, NY · Published by HSS, March 2021

Kaelyn Gordon, a patient of Dr. Daniel W. Green at the Hospital for Special Surgery

Kaelyn Gordon’s story, in their own words

I hurt my knee way back in the 6th grade (now in 10th grade) by dislocating it. I underwent surgery from a local surgeon and he did a good job. With no more dislocations after, I was feeling well until I started to have some pain. I knew in order to get back on the court I had to go to the best.

So that is what I did. I had surgery July of 2020, and I was able to be back for the full season of my school basketball team! I am now on my travel team playing basketball, pain-free!

Published by the Hospital for Special Surgery in its Back in the Game archive in March 2021, and reproduced here in full. Read it on hss.edu

Sport or activity
Basketball
Treating surgeon
Dr. Daniel W. Green

What Dr. Green treats

Patella Dislocation & Instability MPFL Reconstruction Pediatric ACL Reconstruction Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD)

Dr. Green’s published research on the patella

The 6 most recent of his 64 papers on the patella, indexed on PubMed under his Hospital for Special Surgery affiliation. Each opens on PubMed.

All 64 of his papers on this subject
  1. Extreme trochlear morphology in pediatric patients with fixed lateral patellar dislocation: a radiographic study The Knee · 2026 Oct · Dr. Green is author 7 of 7
  2. Patella Alta and Trochlear Dysplasia as a Determinant of Patellar Tendon Lateralization and Inclination: A Cross-sectional MRI Study in Adolescents With Patellofemoral Instability The American journal of sports medicine · 2026 Sep 9 · Dr. Green is author 8 of 8
  3. Pediatric Patellofemoral Instability Surgery-Current Concepts Sports medicine and arthroscopy review · 2026 Sep 1 · Dr. Green is author 3 of 3
  4. Internal versus external femorotibial rotation an anterior cruciate ligament rupture and patellofemoral instability on preoperative standing radiographs The Knee · 2026 Aug 27 · Dr. Green is author 14 of 14
  5. Medial patellotibial ligament reconstruction concomitant with medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction in fixed and obligatory patellar dislocation: A consecutive case series Journal of ISAKOS : joint disorders & orthopaedic sports medicine · 2026 Aug · Dr. Green is author 9 of 9
  6. Validation of the ACL Return to Sport after Injury (ACL-RSI) Scale in Pediatric and Adolescent Patients After Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2026 May · Dr. Green is author 10 of 11

More patients Dr. Green has treated

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All 31 patient stories