Abstract
Knee dislocations are uncommon injuries. Among them postero lateral knee dislocations1,3 form a small subset. There is limited literature regarding the management of such neglected cases. We report here, a case of neglected irreducible postero lateral knee dislocation treated with open reduction and stabilized with cross Steinman pins. Post operatively the patient has done well.
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Corresponding Author
V.S.Bhanu Prakash Yandra
Junior Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, King George Hospital, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i3.101
