Repair of Intraoperative Injury to the Medial Collateral Ligament During Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty

Conclusions:
Our results suggest that intraoperative MCL injury can be treated with primary repair followed by hinged knee bracing without the need for increased prosthetic constraint. Stiffness, however, was a common complication.

Level of Evidence:
Therapeutic Level IV. See Instructions for Authors for a complete description of levels of evidence.

Source: The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - January 6, 2016 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Bohl, D. D., Wetters, N. G., Del Gaizo, D. J., Jacobs, J. J., Rosenberg, A. G., Della Valle, C. J. Tags: Knee Scientific Articles Source Type: research