Acute knee dislocation: An evidence based approach to the management of the multiligament injured knee

Injury

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1198-1204

  Howells, Nick R ^a   Brunton, Luke R ^a   Robinson, James ^a   Porteus, Andrew J ^a   Eldridge, Jonathan D ^a   Murray, James R ^a  

^a Avon Orthopaedic Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute knee dislocation; Multiligament knee injuries

Indexed keywords

ACUTE KNEE DISLOCATION; ALLOGRAFT; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSENSUS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY INTERVENTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE DISLOCATION; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT SURGERY; KNEE SURGERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACUTE DISEASE; DISLOCATIONS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PROGNOSIS; VASCULAR SYSTEM INJURIES;

EID: 79955852296     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: 18790267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.11.018     Document Type: Review

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