Irreducible knee dislocation due to interposition of the vastus medialis associated with neurovascular injury

Orthopedics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 645-646

  Kontakis, George M ^a   Christoforakis, Joseph J ^a   Katonis, Pavlos G ^a   Hadjipavlou, Alexander G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RUPTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FASCIOTOMY; FREE SKIN GRAFT; HUMAN; KNEE DISLOCATION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; KNEE SURGERY; LEG ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE INJURY; OPEN FRACTURE; OPEN REDUCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE DISLOCATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POPLITEAL ARTERY;

EID: 0038083453     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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