Immediate vascular and ligamentous repair in a closed knee dislocation: case report

Traumatic dislocation of the knee is a significant injury, and concomitant neurovascular injury generally occurs in greater than one in three cases reported. This paper describes a patient with multiple injuries who sustained a traumatic knee dislocation with vascular compromise. Initial treatment included a vein graft of the arterial injury and reconstruction and reattachment of injured ligaments at the same time as joint stabilization with a Steinmann pin. If arterial injury is present it must be repaired first.