Traumatic Dislocations of the Knee Wheeless

Description: 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 of vascular injury is about 5% and nerve injury is about 20%
- ref: Low-velocity knee dislocation. Shelbourne KD, Porter DA, Clingman JA, et al: Orthop Rev 20:995-1004, 1991
- classification: 5 types: described w/ tibia in relation to femur;
- anterior (31%)
- posterior (25%)
- lateral (13%)
- medial ( 3%)
- rotary ( 4% - usually posterolateral) Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics