Bilateral Multiligamentous Knee Injuries: A Case Report and Technique Review

Bilateral knee dislocations are rare musculoskeletal injuries. We report a case of a patient who sustained traumatic bilateral knee dislocations resulting in multiligamentous injuries to both knees. The patient subsequently underwent acute ligamentous reconstructions of both knees performed at 2 wee...

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Autores principales: Messer, Malynda S., Southam, Brendan, Grawe, Brian M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6029463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30018834
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3460153
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description Bilateral knee dislocations are rare musculoskeletal injuries. We report a case of a patient who sustained traumatic bilateral knee dislocations resulting in multiligamentous injuries to both knees. The patient subsequently underwent acute ligamentous reconstructions of both knees performed at 2 weeks and 3 weeks after the initial injury. One year after these procedures, the patient has achieved excellent functional outcomes and has returned to recreational sports.
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spelling pubmed-60294632018-07-17 Bilateral Multiligamentous Knee Injuries: A Case Report and Technique Review Messer, Malynda S. Southam, Brendan Grawe, Brian M. Case Rep Orthop Case Report Bilateral knee dislocations are rare musculoskeletal injuries. We report a case of a patient who sustained traumatic bilateral knee dislocations resulting in multiligamentous injuries to both knees. The patient subsequently underwent acute ligamentous reconstructions of both knees performed at 2 weeks and 3 weeks after the initial injury. One year after these procedures, the patient has achieved excellent functional outcomes and has returned to recreational sports. Hindawi 2018-06-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6029463/ /pubmed/30018834 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3460153 Text en Copyright © 2018 Malynda S. Messer et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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