Initial Evaluation and Classification of Knee Dislocations.

The traumatic knee dislocation (KD) is a complex condition resulting in injury to >1 ligament or ligament complexes about the knee, termed multiligament knee injuries. Typically, KDs result in injury to both cruciate ligaments with variable injury to collateral ligament complexes. Very rarely, KD may occur with single cruciate injuries combined with collateral involvement but it is important to understand that not all multiligament knee injuries are KDs.

Critical Evaluation of the Methodologic Quality of the Top 50 Cited Articles Relating to Knee Dislocation and Multiligamentous Knee Injury.

Background: Many studies have evaluated the management of knee dislocations (KDs) and multiligamentous knee injuries (MLKIs). However, no study to date has analyzed the quality of the most cited articles in this literature.

Hypothesis: There is a positive correlation between the number of article citations in the KD and MLKI literature and their methodologic quality.

Surgical Technique for Arthroscopic Resection of Painful Bipartite Patella.

Bipartite patella (BP) is uncommon and is usually an incidental finding. Painful BP occurs rarely and is usually associated with post-traumatic anterior knee pain. When nonoperative treatment fails, fragment resection is indicated.

Femoral Origin of the Anterolateral Ligament: An Anatomic Analysis.

Purpose: To determine the location and variability of the anterolateral ligament (ALL) femoral origin.

Methods: The ALL was dissected and examined in 52 embalmed specimens, and the femoral origin was isolated. The presence of a bony or soft-tissue attachment, the relation to the lateral collateral ligament, the average diameter of the proximal origin, and the specific location of the origin relative to the lateral femoral epicondyle were recorded.

Posterior meniscus root tears: associated pathologies to assist as diagnostic tools.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate associated pathologies identified at arthroscopy in patients with meniscus root tears.

Methods: This study was Institutional Review Board approved. All patients who underwent arthroscopic knee surgery where a complete meniscus root tear was identified were included in this study.