The pathological plica in the knee.

Fourteen patients were evaluated who had an arthroscopic removal of the symptomatic mediopatellar plica of the knee in this retrospective study. The main complaint of the patients was the pain at the medial side of the knee. Before the operation only in 3 cases was the diagnosis the pathological plica. The arthroscopy was performed in a routine way. The plica was consider pathological, and removed, when it was thickened. There was grade I or II chondropathy in the knee on the medial femoral condyle and the patella respectively, caused by the plica. Good to excellent result were obtained in 93% of the knee with or without chondromalacia.