Lateral Compartment Syndrome of the Knee

Towne, Louis C.; Blazina, Martin E.; Marmor, Leonard; Lawrence, John S.

doi:10.1097/00003086-197105000-00023

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“…Our consecutive study of 26 patients may therefore be of some interest, even in retrospect. Towne et al [13], in a study of 17 patients, found that sports activities accounted for 65% of the lateral ligament injuries, while Grana and Janssen [5] found that sports injuries comprised only 25%, as traffic accidents were the cause in 11 of 20 injuries. The latter study is more in accordance with our figures, with 50% traffic and about 30% sports injuries.…”

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Lateral ligament injuries of the knee

Krukhaug

Mølster

Rodt

et al. 1998

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

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Between 1982 and 1994 28 patients were treated for acute lateral knee ligament injuries; 25 patients, with a median age of 25.5 (range 16-75) years at injury, appeared for follow-up. Seven patients had isolated injury of the lateral collateral ligament/capsular structures, the remaining 19 patients had concomitant ligament injuries in the knee. Eight patients were treated conservatively, 1 with plaster immobilization and 7 with early mobilization. Eighteen patients underwent surgery, 17 of these within 3 weeks of injury. Repair/reconstruction of the cruciate ligaments was done at the same time as the lateral collateral ligament repair in 10 patients. At follow-up after a median of 7.5 years (range 6 months to 13 years), 11 had no varus instability, 7 had 1+, 5 had 2+, and 2 patients had 3+ varus instability. All patients with a final result of 2+ or 3+ had combined ligament injuries. The surgically treated lateral collateral ligament injuries all had a primary instability of 2+ or more. These patients showed an improvement in varus instability from a mean of 2.83+ preoperatively to a mean of 1.17+ postoperatively. Two-thirds of the surgically treated patients were stable or had a 1+ instability at follow-up. One conservatively treated patient with a 2+ varus instability and 1 with 1+ showed no improvement. Five conservatively treated patients with initial varus instability of 1+ were stable at follow-up. One patient with a 1+ varus instability had anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) rupture. He had a primary ACL reconstruction without lateral repair. He had no varus instability at follow-up. Our study supports the notion that operation performed at an early stage in fresh injuries with a varus instability of 2+ or more gives improved stability as a final result. Conservative treatment may not be expected to give an improved stability, but is sufficient in mild varus instability (1+) without additional cruciate ligament injuries.

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Lateral ligament injuries of the knee

Krukhaug

Mølster

Rodt

et al. 1998

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

114

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“…Posterolateral instability of the knee is uncommon, and occurs more often in conjunction with injuries to one or both cruciate ligaments (1,2,13,14,20,26,33,38,40). For example, in a study of 17 patients with injury to the lateral structures of the knee (37), the anterior cruciate ligament was affected in 56% of cases, and the posterior cruciate ligament in 17% of cases. BAKER and co-workers (1) noted that the anterior cruciate ligament was torn in 65% of patients with posterolateral injury.…”

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Posterolateral complex knee injuries: magnetic resonance imaging with surgical correlation

Theodorou

Fithian

et al. 2005

Acta Radiol

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“…Patients with a posterolateral injury are likely to show unusual alignment of the lower extremity. In standing position, they may present with a varus alignment of the knee 23 , 24) .…”

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Current Concepts of Posterolateral Corner Injuries of the Knee

Shon

Park

Kim

2017

Knee Surg Relat Res

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The number of posterolateral corner (PLC) injury patients has risen owing to the increased motor vehicle accidents and sports activities. Careful examination is required because this injury is easy to overlook and may lead to chronic instability. The purpose of this article is to review the anatomy, biomechanics, diagnosis, classification and, treatment of PLC injuries and summarize the recent literatures regarding the treatment outcomes.

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Lateral Compartment Syndrome of the Knee

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Lateral ligament injuries of the knee

Lateral ligament injuries of the knee

Posterolateral complex knee injuries: magnetic resonance imaging with surgical correlation

Current Concepts of Posterolateral Corner Injuries of the Knee

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