Revue de chirurgie orthopédique et réparatrice de l'appareil moteur
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Rev Chir Orthop Reparatrice Appar Mot · Apr 1978
[Traumatic dislocation of the knee treated by early surgical repair (author's transl)].
The authors have treated twelve traumatic dislocations of the knee. Three were treated conservatively with one satisfactory result. Nine were treated by early surgical repair with seven satisfactory results. ⋯ In one case a lesion of the lateral popliteal nerve which did not recover was treated by palliative surgery. In one case, secondary skin necrosis was treated by skin flap transplantation using micro-surgical technique with a satisfactory result. It is concluded that ligamentous and vascular repairs should be undertaken at the same procedure after arteriography.