Abstracts Posters SICOT-SOF meeting Gothenburg 2010 _2_

Poster
Topic: Trauma - Knee
Abstract number: 26597
TRAUMATIC DISLOCATION OF THE KNEE. ABOUT 14 CASES
ANIS ACHARGUI 1 , AMINE EL RHAZI 1 , A. ESSAROUALI 2 , A. DIAKITE 2 , A.
BELMOUBARIK 2 , D. BENNOUNA 2 , M. FADILI 2 , M. OUARAB 2
1 traumatology surgery service of the hospital Ibn Rochd (wing. 4, Casablanca
(MOROCCO)
The traumatic knee dislocation is a rare emergency trauma and severe because of its
vascular complications in particular. The road traffic accidents , unfortunately
common in our country, are the main cause. Our work is a retrospective study of 14
cases collected for trauma Orthopaedics wing (IV) Ibn Rochd hospital of Casablanca
between 1998 and 2008. The average age in our series was about 35 years. The
posterior variety was dominant. The cutaneous opening interested a third of the
cases. 30 % of these dislocations presented a complication vascular. The nervous
infringement was present in 15 % of the cases. In 70 % of the cases, the treatment
was orthopaedic appealing to a plaster cast (groin to toes). The external fixator was
realized in 30 % of the cases.We tried to stress the importance of early diagnosis of
vascular lesions for surgery urgent repairs and insist on that the therapeutic
principles ensuring for victim the best chance of functional recovery.
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