Bilateral multiligament injury of knee caused by entangled dupatta

We report a rare case of bilateral multiligament knee injury in an 18-year-old female employed in garment industry. Patient was wearing salwar kameez and dupatta while operating an electric laundry machine. In this case we discuss a peculiar mechanism of injury caused due to wearing dupatta near wor...

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Autores principales: Vaidya, Shrinand V, Mathesul, Ambarish A, Panghate, Atul N, Wade, Roshan, Sonawane, Dhiraj V
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3308669/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22448066
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5413.93690
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Sumario:We report a rare case of bilateral multiligament knee injury in an 18-year-old female employed in garment industry. Patient was wearing salwar kameez and dupatta while operating an electric laundry machine. In this case we discuss a peculiar mechanism of injury caused due to wearing dupatta near working site and suggest simple preventive measures.

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