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Bilateral Knee Dislocations Treated with Acute, Single-Stage Multiligament Reconstructions

Bilateral knee dislocations are exceedingly rare in orthopaedics. Managing these injuries presents a difficult task given their high complication rate and guarded prognosis. We report the case of a 21-year-old male who presented to our institution with bilateral knee dislocations sustained in a moto...

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Autores principales: Imbergamo, Casey, Brzezinski, Andrzej, Smith, Tiffany, Buckley, Patrick S., Swan, Kenneth G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8112918/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34055439
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/9985788
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Sumario:Bilateral knee dislocations are exceedingly rare in orthopaedics. Managing these injuries presents a difficult task given their high complication rate and guarded prognosis. We report the case of a 21-year-old male who presented to our institution with bilateral knee dislocations sustained in a motor vehicle collision. The patient subsequently underwent multiligament knee reconstruction surgeries for each knee at one and three weeks following the initial injury. At one-year follow-up, the patient has achieved a successful outcome and has returned to regular activities which include hiking and exercising at the gym.