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Multiple Ligament Injury Management

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Knee dislocations were previously thought to be relatively uncommon injuries. However, the prevalence of multiligament knee injuries appears to be increasing. These numbers may be a factor of increased participation by the public in “extreme sports,” improved trauma assessment and care, or changes to air bags and auto design. They may also be due to an increased awareness of doctors to this diagnosis. Previously, the definition of knee dislocation was rather ambiguous. Combined with physical presentation of spontaneous reduction and a guarded clinical exam, knee dislocations are challenging to detect. MRI has improved our ability to diagnose these injuries.

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  1. University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Daniel Whelan M.D.

  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Meir General Hospital, Sapir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel

    Iftach Hetsroni M.D.

  3. Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

    Iftach Hetsroni M.D.

  4. University of Oslo Medical School, Oslo, Norway

    Lars Engebretsen M.D., Ph.D.

  5. Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, USA

    Robert G. Marx M.D. M.Sc. FRCSC

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  1. , Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital of Geneva, Rue Gabrielle Perret Gentil 4, Geneva, 1211, Switzerland

    Jacques Menetrey

  2. Clinica Ortopedica Traumatologica III, Istituti Ortopedico Rizzoli, Via Pupilli 1, Bologna, 40136, Italy

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    Daniel Fritschy

  4. Academic Medical Centre, Orthopedic Surgery, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, Netherlands

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Whelan, D., Hetsroni, I., Engebretsen, L., Marx, R.G. (2012). Multiple Ligament Injury Management. In: Menetrey, J., Zaffagnini, S., Fritschy, D., van Dijk, N. (eds) ESSKA Instructional Course Lecture Book. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-29446-4_9

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