Irreducible Posterolateral Fracture Dislocation of the Knee in an Elderly Patient Treated with Rotating Hinge Total Knee Replacement

Total Knee Arthroplasty as the Primary Surgical Treatment After Knee Dislocation

Traumatic knee dislocation (KD) is a rare but serious injury, and a missed diagnosis or incorrect treatment can be limb-threatening due to a significant risk of neurovascular injury. The mechanism of injury is often high-energy trauma, but there is a rising tendency of KD after low-energy trauma in the obese patient. KD often results in multiligament injury which can be a complicated surgical task with long recovery time, especially in older patients. This report presents 4 cases where patients older than 50 years with traumatic KD have been treated with a total knee arthroplasty of revision type as an alternative to multiligament reconstruction.