Knee Dislocations (Subscribe)  

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* Congenital Knee Dislocation
* Congenital Patella Dislocation

Isolated fracture of the lateral condyle of the femur or Hoffa fracture is a rare lesion and has been reported to occur with supracondylar fracture of the femur, fracture of the femoral shaft and knee dislocation. We report a rare case of ipsilateral Hoffa fracture and patellar dislocation, which has...

Clinical and radiology images including angiogram showing vascular injury.

Knee dislocations are an uncommon injury, but one that cannot be missed. Any knee exam that reveals injuries to multiple ligaments (e.g. ACL/PCL) should raise the suspicion of a knee dislocation. A significant number of knee dislocations spontaneously reduce, but the true incidence of that phenomenon is unknown....

Knee dislocations are uncommon. A knee dislocation is defined as complete displacement of the tibia with respect to the femur, with disruption of 3 or more of the stabilizing ligaments (Girgis, 1975). Small avulsion fractures from the ligaments and capsular insertions may be present.
Synonyms and related keywords: traumatic knee dislocation,...

OTA 2002 - Session 8 Session VIII - Femur/Knee Sun., 10/13/02 Femur/Knee, Paper #52, 8:00 AM The Value of the Ankle-Brachial Pressure Index in the Diagnosis of Arterial Injury after Knee Dislocation William J. Mills, MD; Patrick McNair, MD; Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA

mechanism of injury:
- distinguish between high velocity injuries verus low velocity injuries (as this reflects incidence of vascular and nerve injuries);
- w/ low-velocity knee dislocations occurance...

OTA 2002 - Session 8 Session VIII - Femur/Knee Sun., 10/13/02 Femur/Knee, Paper #53, 8:06 AM Vascular Injuries with Knee Dislocations after Blunt Trauma: Evaluating the Role of Selective Arteriography James P. Stannard, MD; Todd M. Sheils, MD ; Gerald McGwin, Jr., PhD; James Robinson; Jorge E. Alonso, MD; David A....