Patient-reported outcomes and return to pre-injury activities after surgical treatment of multi-ligamentous knee injuries in patients over 40-years-old: Average 5-years follow-up

A multi-ligament knee injury (MLKI) is defined by the complete disruption of at least two stabilizing ligaments of the knee, and can occur with or without true knee dislocation, defined as the complete loss of tibiofemoral articulation [34,39]. Acute knee dislocation is a rare injury, accounting for 0.2% of orthopedic injuries annually [8,16,20,37]. MLKI are classically characterized using the Schenck anatomic classification system, based on the number of disrupted ligaments [13]. The Schenck classification has been previously utilized to identify associations of MLKI subtypes with rates of neurovascular injury and postoperative outcomes, with recent findings suggest that knee dislocation subtype III-L is associated with increased incidence of vascular and peroneal nerve injury [16], while subtype IV may be predictive of failure of reconstruction [7,10].

Source: The Knee - December 8, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Zachary I. Li, Joshua S. Green, Isabel Chalem, Jairo Triana, Naina Rao, Andrew J. Hughes, Kirk A. Campbell, Laith M. Jazrawi, Michael J. Medvecky, Michael J. Alaia Source Type: research