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ReviewEuropean journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie2018

Management of knee dislocation prior to ligament reconstruction: What is the current evidence? Update of a universal treatment algorithm.

Alexander Maslaris, Olaf Brinkmann, Matthias Bungartz, Christian Krettek, Michael Jagodzinski, Emmanouil Liodakis

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Review in European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Knee joint dislocations-Current epidemiology and treatment in Germany.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2025
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  12. Vascular Injuries in Multiligament Knee Injuries (MLKIs).Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2024
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  17. [MCL tear with intra-articular dislocation].Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Alexander MaslarisDepartment of Orthopaedics, Rudolf-Elle-Hospital, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Campus Eisenberg, Klostersnitzer Straße 81, 07607, Eisenberg, Germany. a.maslaris@krankenhaus-eisenberg.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3120-2057
Olaf BrinkmannDepartment of Orthopaedics, Rudolf-Elle-Hospital, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Campus Eisenberg, Klostersnitzer Straße 81, 07607, Eisenberg, Germany.
Matthias BungartzDepartment of Orthopaedics, Rudolf-Elle-Hospital, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Campus Eisenberg, Klostersnitzer Straße 81, 07607, Eisenberg, Germany.
Christian KrettekTrauma Department, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Michael JagodzinskiTrauma Department, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
Emmanouil LiodakisTrauma Department, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic knee dislocation is a rare but potentially limb-threatening injury. Thus proper initial diagnosis and treatment up to final ligament reconstruction are extremely important and a precondition to successful outcomes. Reports suggest that evidence-based systematic approaches lead to better results. Because of the complexity of this injury and the inhomogeneity of related literature, there are still various controversies and knowledge gaps regarding decision-making and step-sequencing in the treatment of acute multi-ligament knee injuries and knee dislocations. The use of ankle-brachial index, routine or selective angiography, braces, joint-spanning or dynamic external fixation, and the necessity of initial ligament re-fixation during acute surgery constitutes current topics of a scholarly debate. The aim of this article was to provide a comprehensive literature review bringing light into some important aspects about the initial treatment of knee dislocation (vascular injury, neural injury, immobilization techniques) and finally develop an accurate data-based universal algorithm, enabling attending physicians to become more acquainted with the management of acute knee dislocation.

Indexed as

AlgorithmsHumansImmobilizationKnee DislocationKnee JointLigaments, ArticularPeripheral Nerve InjuriesPlastic Surgery ProceduresVascular System InjuriesBraceCastFixatorImmobilizationInitial managementKnee dislocationMLKINerve injuryProtocolVascular injury

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PMID29470650

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