Immediate vascular and ligamentous repair in a closed knee dislocation: case report.
Traumatic dislocation of the knee is a significant injury, and concomitant neurovascular injury generally occurs in greater than one in three cases reported. This paper describes a patient with multiple injuries who sustained a traumatic knee dislocation with vascular compromise. Initial treatment included a vein graft of the arterial injury and reconstruction and reattachment of injured ligaments at the same time as joint stabilization with a Steinmann pin. If arterial injury is present it must be repaired first.
Department of Orthopaedics, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 78284-7774.
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000601:surgery; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation