Initial assessment of the acute and chronic multiple-ligament injured (Dislocated) knee

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-103

  Merritt, Andrew Laurance ^a   Wahl, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

evaluation; knee dislocation; knee fracture dislocation; multiple ligament; peroneal nerve injury; popliteal artery injury

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; KNEE DISLOCATION; KNEE FRACTURE; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LATERAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTEROLATERAL CORNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACUTE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE DISLOCATION; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; PAIN; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES;

EID: 79955872581     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e3182191a7e     Document Type: Review

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