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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Classification of patients as per patellar height indices

From: Impact of patellar height on unicompartment knee arthroplasty: does patella baja lead to an inferior outcome?

Classification

Post-op baja

Post-op normal

Post-op alta

Total

Classification of patients by Insall-Salvati Ratio (ISR)

 Pre-op baja

10

0

0

10

 Pre-op normal

9

112

0

121

 Pre-op alta

0

0

3

3

 Total

19

112

3

134

Classification of patients by Blackburne-Peel Index (BPI)

 Pre-op baja

12

0

0

12

 Pre-op normal

14

108

0

122

 Pre-op alta

0

0

0

0

 Total

26

108

0

134

  1. Classification of ISR < 0.8 or BPI < 0.5 is patella baja, an ISR 0.8–1.2 or BPI 0.5–1.0 is normal and an ISR > 1.2 or BPI > 1.0 is patella alta