The images were reviewed with specific reference to the medial collateral ligament (MCL), a heretofore undescribed concomitant injury. Eighty patients were diagnosed on MRI as having had transient ...
The diagnosis is usually clear from the history. Examination may disclose the patella still lying lateral to the joint, but more usually the dislocation has been reduced and there is a swollen knee ...
especially when there is no inherent medial lateral implant stability, (ie, minimally constrained knee arthroplasty). We have used semitendinosus tendon for augmentation of medial collateral repair.