DELAYED REDUCTION OF TRAUMATIC KNEE DISLOCATION - A CASE-REPORT AND LITERATURE-REVIEW

Knee dislocation after high energy trauma poses a major challenge to p atients and treating physicians, The case presented documents the hist ory and treatment of an unreduced posterior knee dislocation discovere d 24 weeks after injury, Delayed surgical reduction was achieved, and satisfactory results were obtained with 22 months of followup of the p atient. A detailed review of the literature found no comparable exampl es of longstanding traumatic dislocations of the knee but shed light o n the probable cause for this unusual case, Close clinical followup, e ven after appropriate initial treatment of knee dislocations, is neede d to eliminate similar occurrences.