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Case Reports
. 2016 Nov;10(3):56-57.
doi: 10.5704/MOJ.1611.011.

Open Reduction of Neglected Knee Dislocation: Case Report of a Rare Injury

K C Kapil Mani  1 , R C Dirgha Raj  1 , Acharya Parimal  1 , Pangeni Bandhu Ram  1
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Case Reports

Open Reduction of Neglected Knee Dislocation: Case Report of a Rare Injury

K C Kapil Mani et al. Malays Orthop J. 2016 Nov.

Abstract

Old neglected dislocation of knee joint is a rare injury. Any orthopaedic surgeon would have faced only a few cases of unreduced neglected dislocation in his life time practice. We report the case of a 30-year old male patient with one month old unreduced knee dislocation which was managed with open reduction and stabilization with two intra-articular crossed Steinman pins for six weeks, followed by removal of the pins and gradual weight bearing in hinged knee brace. At the end of one year, range of movement of knee joint was 0 to 50 degree with minimal knee pain on walking.

Keywords: Arthrodesis; Open reduction; Steinman pins; neglected knee dislocation; total knee arthroplasty.

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Fig. 1
Radiographs of knee joint in antero-posterior and lateral views showing dislocated knee joint.
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Fig. 2
Antero-posterior and lateral view of radiographs showing reduction of joint and fixation with two crossed Steinman pins
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(a) Antero-posterior and (b) lateral radiographs of knee joint showing reduction of joint after removal of Steinman pins.
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