Saturday, 18 April 2020


25 year male
RTA on 2/8/2019, Sustained injury to right knee
O/E:Swelling +
            Multiple abrasion
            Tenderness over joint line
            Posterior sag present
            Lachman with 2 + soft end point
            ?Medio lateral instability
            Mcmurray positive for medial and lateral    meniscus
            Varus stress test positive
            Distal pulses present






Patella inferior pole communited fracture,
ACL,PCL,LCL tear
Flipped lateral meniscus anterior horn &body tear
Medial meniscus radial tear
• inferior pole fracture was displaced and did not move in flexion x-ray hence left alone.
Right knee ACL,PCL Reconstruction + Lateral and medial meniscus (root,body) repair + LCL reconstruction done  10 days post injury







radial tear repair 



with healed radial tear pic below



He had to have an arthrolysis for a stiff knee.
ROM 20 to 70 at 2 months due to essentially lack of motivation and proper physio. the healed radial tear was visualized at 2 months during arthrolysis.. Had full ROM with a stable knee at 3 months post repair.

The meniscal healing rates are superior I feel in multi- ligament tears. 

Again a reason for early one stage repair in multi-ligament tears



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