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Shrinand V Vaidya1, Ambarish A Mathesul, Atul N Panghate
1Department of Orthopaedics, Multi-storey Building, King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, India.
Indian Journal of Orthopaedics
|March 27, 2012
Abstract:
We report a rare case of bilateral multiligament knee injury in an 18-year-old female employed in garment industry. Patient was wearing salwar kameez and dupatta while operating an electric laundry machine. In this case we discuss a peculiar mechanism of injury caused due to wearing dupatta near working site and suggest simple preventive measures.
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