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<Articles JournalTitle="Journal of Orthopedic and Spine Trauma">
  <Article>
    <Journal>
      <PublisherName>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Journal of Orthopedic and Spine Trauma</JournalTitle>
      <Issn>2538-2330</Issn>
      <Volume>4</Volume>
      <Issue>4</Issue>
      <PubDate PubStatus="epublish">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>05</Month>
        <Day>07</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </Journal>
    <title locale="en_US">Traumatic, Old, and Unreduced Bilateral Knee Dislocation:  A Case Study and Literature Review</title>
    <FirstPage>84</FirstPage>
    <LastPage>87</LastPage>
    <AuthorList>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>SM Javad</FirstName>
        <LastName>Mortazavi</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Joint Reconstruction Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Nima</FirstName>
        <LastName>Bagheri</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Joint Reconstruction Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Mohammad</FirstName>
        <LastName>Vahedian  Ardakani</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Joint Reconstruction Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
      <Author>
        <FirstName>Hojjat</FirstName>
        <LastName>Askari</LastName>
        <affiliation locale="en_US">Joint Reconstruction Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran</affiliation>
      </Author>
    </AuthorList>
    <History>
      <PubDate PubStatus="received">
        <Year>2019</Year>
        <Month>11</Month>
        <Day>30</Day>
      </PubDate>
      <PubDate PubStatus="accepted">
        <Year>2020</Year>
        <Month>02</Month>
        <Day>12</Day>
      </PubDate>
    </History>
    <abstract locale="en_US">Background: Old unreduced knee dislocation is rare, which means the experience is still lacking about the best treatment options. Moreover, several surgical options for this condition are still lacking in peer-reviewed research. This is a case report of the treatment of a patient who had bilateral traumatic knee dislocations that were unreduced two months after injury.
Case Presentation: A 45-year-old man with bilateral traumatic unreduced knee dislocation came 2 months after injury. He had no active knee extension and was unable to walk. He underwent open reduction and external fixation. He had a good range of motion (ROM) and painless walking in short term. After 5 years, he had acceptable ROM and painless walking, but x-rays showed persistent posterior subluxation of the left knee and some bone loss of the right tibia.
Conclusions: Open reduction, repair of torn ligaments, and external fixation was an effective treatment in regaining ROM and stability in a patient who had bilateral unreduced knee dislocations of two months duration. After five years, the patient had a satisfactory function, but radiographs showed persistent posterior subluxation of one knee and some bone loss of the tibia in the other</abstract>
    <web_url>https://jost.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jost/article/view/136</web_url>
    <pdf_url>https://jost.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jost/article/download/136/135</pdf_url>
  </Article>
</Articles>
