Irreducible Traumatic Knee Dislocation : A Case Report

Dislocation of knee Joint is a rare injury. Even rarest is unsuccessful closed reduction attempt of traumatic knee dislocation. In such cases, open reduction is the recommended method of treatment. Interposition of the soft tissues on the medial aspect of the joint is shown to be the cause of an unsuccessful reduction. We present a 50-yearold male with an knee dislocation after a motorcycle accident in which open joint reduction and repair of the medial collateral ligament and retinaculum was performed in the first stage of treatment. In the second stage, arthroscopic isolated posterior cruciate ligament reconstructions were carried out. The purpose of this article is to provide a brief summary of recent literature on irreducible traumatic knee dislocation and our experience.