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Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy 7/2005

01-10-2005 | Knee

Locking knee caused by subluxation of the posterior horn of the lateral meniscus

Authors: Raffaele Garofalo, Cyril Kombot, Olivier Borens, Ali Djahangiri, Elyazid Mouhsine

Published in: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy | Issue 7/2005

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Abstract

The authors report a case of repetitive locking knee caused by a subluxation of the posterior horn of a normal lateral meniscus. The posterior horn was sutured to the posterior knee capsule and the athlete resumed complete sports activity 4 months after the surgery.
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Metadata
Title
Locking knee caused by subluxation of the posterior horn of the lateral meniscus
Authors
Raffaele Garofalo
Cyril Kombot
Olivier Borens
Ali Djahangiri
Elyazid Mouhsine
Publication date
01-10-2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy / Issue 7/2005
Print ISSN: 0942-2056
Electronic ISSN: 1433-7347
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-004-0581-x

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