All knee injuries in general p...
“Dashboard injury”: traumatic injury often seen in motor vehicle accidents, with posteriorly directed force to the anterior proximal tibia in a flexed knee 1
Similar mechanism to prece...
Acute treatment:
Ice
Compression
Elevation
Immobilization:
Partial weight-bearing
Possible immobilization in full extension for grade 3 lesions
Early orthopedic r...
Nonoperative:
Chronic PCL laxity
Progressive medial compartment and patellofemoral degenerative changes
Increased risk of meniscal tears, articular cartilage injury with chronic...
Ahn JH, Lee SH, Choi SH, et al. Evaluation of clinical and magnetic resonance imaging results after treatment with casting and bracing for the acutely injured posterior cruciate lig...
Posterior drawer is the most sensitive and specific test for PCL. If it shows >10 mm of posterior translation, have a high suspicion for posterolateral corner injury 4.
In isolated g...
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