Abstract. Introduction. Traumatic knee dislocations are devastating injuries and there is no single best accepted treatment. This study looked at functional outcome of a single surgeon case series of patients who underwent surgical management of their knee dislocation. Methods. Eighty-seven patients with knee dislocation were treated at a major trauma centre. Acute surgical repair and reconstruction with fracture fixation within 4 weeks was preferred unless the patient was too unstable (Injury severity score>16). The collaterals were repaired and augmented using a variety of autografts, allografts or synthetic grafts. PCL was primarily braced and reconstructed subsequently, if required. Outcome was collected prospectively using IKDC score, KOOS and Tegner score. Results. The mean age of the patients was 33.6yrs (SD 11.9), 66 males and 21 females. According to Schenck classification, 26 were KD-I (30%), 6 KD-II (7%), 13 were KD-III (15%), 7 were KD-IV (8%) and 35 were KD-V (40%). 7 patients had CPN injury (8%), 3 had vascular injury (3.4%), 2 had combined CPN and vascular injury (2.3%). Acute surgical treatment was done in 62 patients while 10 had staged reconstruction. 22 patients had delayed reconstruction. The mean follow-up period was 5.8 years (1- 12 yrs), mean IKDC score was 57.6 (SD 23.6). The mean Tegner activity scale postoperatively was 4.5(SD 2) and the mean KOOS score was 74.9 (SD 19.6). Conclusion. A large proportion of cases were KD-V but still had a good outcome with surgical management. Current classification systems do not cover all dislocation patterns and a modification is proposed

Abstract. Background. Fracture dislocation of the knee involves disruption of knee ligaments with associated tibial plateau fracture. If these injuries are not evaluated swiftly, can result in a limb-threatening injury. The aim of this study is to look at the clinical outcomes of a single surgeon case series at a major trauma centre. Methods. Prospectively collected data was analysed for a 5-year period. Primary outcome measures used were International Knee Documented Committee (IKDC) score and Knee Injury & Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS). The secondary outcome measures include Tegner activity scale, knee range of movements and complications. Results. 32 patients were presented with the mean age was 34 years (range 17–74). 14% of patients sustained vascular injury and 19% had common peroneal nerve injury. Priority was given for early total repair/reconstruction with fracture fixation within three weeks where feasible (90% of patients), and if not, a staged approach was adopted. The mean IKDC score was 67 (35–100) & KOOS was 74 (40–100). The mean preoperative Tegner Activity Scale was 6.5 whereas post-operative Tegner Activity Scale was 3.6 The mean flexion achieved postoperative was 115 (90–130). The two common patterns of injuries seen were Anterio-medial rim fractures (52%) with avulsion injuries of posterio-lateral corner structures and posteriomedial plateau fractures with ACL avulsion injuries. The first pattern was commonly associated with vascular and common peroneal nerve injury (90% of patients). Conclusion. To our knowledge, this is the first kind of study to report some fracture patterns that can be associated with particular ligamentous injuries

Introduction. It is now widely accepted that acute knee dislocations should be managed operatively. Most published studies are from outside the UK and from major trauma or specialist centres. The aim of the study is to report the functional outcomes of all patients presenting with an acute knee dislocation at our institution all of whom were surgically managed. The results were then compared to other published series. The hypothesis being that there would be no significant difference in the functional outcome scores between the groups. Methods. All patients presenting with an acute knee dislocation over the last 15 years were included in the study. The patients were followed up using functional assessment scores: Knee outcome score (ADL), Knee outcome score (sports), Tegner Lysholm Scores and overall Patient Satisfaction. The patients were classified according to the Schecnk classification of knee dislocations. Results. There were 22 patients in total, 21 male and 1 female. Average age was 42 years (range 16-54 years). The mean follow up was 6.3 years (range 1-15 years). The mean Knee Outcomes Score for ADL was 86% (68-100) and for Sports was 84% (44-100). The mean Tegner Lysholm Score was 82% (59-91) and the Overall Patient Satisfaction mean score was 77% (60-95). These results are comparable to other published data with no significant difference between the groups. Conclusion. Satisfactory functional results can be obtained for surgically treated acute knee dislocations in a UK non-specialist centre

Between April 2004 and July 2007, we performed 241 primary total knee replacements in 204 patients using the e.motion posterior cruciate-retaining, multidirectional mobile-bearing prosthesis. Of these, 100 were carried out using an image-free navigation system, and the remaining 141 with the conventional technique. We conducted a retrospective study from the prospectively collected data of these patients to assess the early results of this new mobile-bearing design.

At a mean follow-up of 49 months (32 to 71), 18 knees (7.5%) had mechanical complications of which 13 required revision. Three of these had a peri-prosthetic fracture, and were removed from the study. The indication for revision in the remaining ten was loosening of the femoral component in two, tibiofemoral dislocation in three, disassociation of the polyethylene liner in four, and a broken polyethyene liner in one. There were eight further mechanically unstable knees which presented with recurrent disassociation of the polyethylene liner. There was no significant difference in the incidence of mechanical instability between the navigation-assisted procedures (8 of 99, 8.1%) and the conventionally implanted knees (10 of 139, 7.2%).

In our view, the relatively high rate of mechanical complications and revision within 30 months precludes the further use of new design of knee replacement.

Haemophilia is an x-linked inherited bleeding disorder which can cause severe arthropathy. We have reviewed the results of 70 primary total knee replacements (TKR) performed in 57 haemophilic patients between 1983 and 2007. The functional results were assessed using the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) knee scoring system and Kaplan-Meier survivorship analysis. Six patients died. HSS scores were available for 60 TKRs at a mean follow-up of 9.2 years (2 to 23); 57 (95%) had good or excellent results. Deep infection was recorded in one patient. Kaplan-Meier analysis using infection and aseptic loosening as endpoints showed the survival rate at 20 years to be 94.0%.

A reduction in infection, spontaneous haemarthrosis and improvement in the quality of life were noted to justify surgery in our series of patients with a mean age of 43 (25 to 70). We have found that using the latest techniques of continuous infusion of clotting Factor have significantly helped to reduce the complication rates and have achieved results which match those of the non-haemophilic population undergoing TKR.