Open AccessNeglected irreducible posterolateral knee dislocation
Author(s) -
Raghav Saini,
Aditya Krishna Mootha,
Vijay Goni,
Mandeep Singh Dhillon
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.69323
Subject(s) - medicine , knee dislocation , posterior cruciate ligament , dislocation , reduction (mathematics) , surgery , rehabilitation , orthopedic surgery , orthodontics , anterior cruciate ligament , physical therapy , condensed matter physics , physics , geometry , mathematics
Knee dislocations are rare injuries. Posterolateral knee dislocations are only a small subset of them. There is a paucity of literature regarding the management of such neglected cases. We report here, a case of neglected irreducible posterolateral knee dislocation treated with open reduction and isolated posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction followed by gradual rehabilitation with good outcome at 3 years followup.