Surgical Management of a Torn ACL and Bucket-Handle Meniscal Tear in the Pregnant Patient: A Case Report
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Peter Filtes1, Marc A Beckerman2, Kimberlee Austin3
1Department of Orthopaedics, Rutgers, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Case:
A 36-year-old, 7-month pregnant woman presented to the office with a locked knee and a displaced bucket-handle medial meniscus tear, in the setting of chronic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) insufficiency. After thorough discussion with the patient and her husband, the obstetrician, and the anesthesiologist, the patient was treated with left knee ACL reconstruction and medial meniscus repair.
Conclusion:
With sufficient preoperative planning and coordinated multidisciplinary care among orthopaedic, anesthesiologist, and obstetric specialists, elective knee surgery can be performed safely in time-sensitive situations during pregnancy.
