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Kim, Choi, Choi, and Kong: Conservative Treatment of Ligamentous Injury of Knee in Head Trauma Patients
Original Article

Journal of the Korean Society of Fractures 1989; 2(1): 42-48.

Published online: 14 July 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12671/jksf.1989.2.1.42

Conservative Treatment of Ligamentous Injury of Knee in Head Trauma Patients

Joon Young Kim, Young An Choi, Young Chul Choi, Bo Seok Kong

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Koryo General Hospital, Seoul, Korea.

Copyright © The Korean Fracture Society

Abstract

Operative treatment has been used in unstable ligamentous imjury of knee joint.
We experienced three cases of ligamentous injury of knee that was accompained with head trauma and other organ injury.
Despite of sugical candidate, we did only conservative treatment due to poor general condition and difficulty of anesthesia. The result was realtively better than we expected.
We reported these cases.

Keywords: Ligamentous injury of knee, Conservative treatment, Head trauma

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