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These scans implied respectively single-leg up-right posture, the knee flexed, and lower limb muscles activation, versus supine position with the knee extended.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A total of 17 patients (11 males\/6 females) after surgical reconstruction with fascia lata allograft for recurrent patellofemoral dislocation were analyzed at 60-month follow-up. Tilt and congruence angles and tibial tuberosity\u2013trochlear groove (TT-TG) offset were measured on images obtained from CBCT and conventional CT scans by three independent and expert radiologists. Paired t tests were performed to compare measurements obtained from the two scans. Inter-rater reliability was assessed using a two-way mixed-effects model intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Only TT-TG offset was found significantly smaller (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) in CBCT (mean 9.9\u2009\u00b1\u20095.3\u00a0mm) than in conventional CT (mean 15.9\u2009\u00b1\u20094.9\u00a0mm) scans. ICC for tilt and congruence angles and for TT-TG offset ranged between 0.80\u20130.94 with measurements in CBCT scans, between 0.52 and0.78 in conventional CT.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>In patients surgically treated for recurrent patellar dislocation, TT-TG offset was found overestimated with conventional CT. 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