Irreducible knee dislocations secondary to interposed menisci
Baxamusa, T.H.; Galloway, M.T.
American Journal of Orthopedics 30(2): 141-143
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 1078-4519 PMID: 11234941 Document Number: 528893
Dislocations of the knee are accompanied by a highly variable pattern of osseous and soft tissue injury. While much attention has been directed toward the various combinations of ligament involvement observed in these injuries, the patterns of associated meniscal injury are described less frequently. We report two cases of patients in whom displaced medial meniscal tears prevented closed reduction following knee dislocation. Displaced bucket-handle meniscal tears necessitated open reduction in these patients and should be considered when evaluating patients with knee dislocations.