J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1972 Mar;7(1):53-60. 10.4055/jkoa.1972.7.1.53.

Diagnosis and Treatment of the Traumatic Knee Joint Injury

• Kim YG
• Lee SH

• KMID: 2463847
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1972.7.1.53

Abstract

Sixty five cases of the knee joint injuries diagnosed and treated at the orthopedic department of Han-Il hospital during the period from January 1966 to December 1970, were analysed clinically. The results obtained were as follow: (A) Age, sex, and side of injury were reviewed. 1) Age ranged from five to fifty-eight years, with thirty-six of the patients falling in the twenty one to forty years old age group. The greatest incidence (twenty) was in the twenty one and thirty year old. 2) Fifty four patients were male and eleven were female. This reflected the degree of exposure to injury in the sexes. 3) No significance was attached to the fact that thirty patients injured right knees, twenty five injured left knees and ten injured both knees. The Most common site was medial collateral ligament. (40%) (B) In order to observe rentgenographic changes of the traumatic knee joint, artificial stress(varus and valgus) was applied during taking photograph. When the medial site injury exist, medial intercondylar length widen between both condyle of tibia and femur, angle enlarged in degree and the point that made by opposite intercondylar lines of the tibia and femur, deviated to lateral interarticuIar space from spine of tibia. When the lateral site injury exist, above mentioned process is not always apply to application. (C) The results of surgical and conservative treatment have been reviewed; 38 cases conservative and 37 cases operative. The results were successful in both. groups. Surgery is not always the treatment of choice for collateral ligament injuries.

MeSH Terms

Accidental Falls
Collateral Ligaments
Diagnosis*
Female
Femur
Humans
Incidence
Knee Joint*
Knee*
Male
Orthopedics
Spine
Tibia