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Fig. 4A —Artwork illustrates proposed mechanism of injury to patellar and femoral articular surfaces during two stages of transient dislocation of patella. Dislocation stage. During first stage of transient dislocation of patella, as patella dislocates laterally, shearing mechanism can result in damage to either patellar (short arrow) or lateral femoral condyle (long arrow) articular surfaces.