Knee Pain Causes, Conditions and Treatments
Madison Cermeli
New York, NY · Published by HSS, July 2023
Madison Cermeli’s story, in their own words
On July 6th, 2022, I received a patella reconstruction using my own hamstring. This has to be the biggest test of if I loved my sport or not.
People say it gets better as time goes on and as much as I didn’t wanna hear that, it does. Through all the ups and downs, I am now not only playing soccer again but better than I was before.
If there was one thing I could tell my past self a year ago it would have been that everything works in the end.
Published by the Hospital for Special Surgery in its Back in the Game archive in July 2023, and reproduced here in full. Read it on hss.edu
- Sport or activity
- Soccer
- Treating surgeon
- Dr. Daniel W. Green
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- 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
- 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
- Pediatric Patellofemoral Instability Surgery-Current Concepts Sports medicine and arthroscopy review · 2026 Sep 1 · Dr. Green is author 3 of 3
- 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
- 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
- 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
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