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1
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Ligaments of knee

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Medial/ lateral collateral ligament

Anterior/ posterior collateral ligament

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ACL injury

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Landing or sudden deceleration - strong quadricep contraction with valgus collapse and femur internal rotation

Hyper-extension - femur posteriorly slides behind tibia with quadriceps contraction

Twisting injury - changing direction

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Meniscal injury mechanism

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Twisting injuries whilst felxed and weight bearing

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4
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Symptoms of meniscal injury

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Locking and giving way

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5
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Unhappy triad

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Trauma to lateral knee causes tear of:

  • medial collateral ligament
  • medial meniscus
  • ACL
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6
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Special tests to assess ACL

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Anterior drawer test

Lachman’s test

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7
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PCL injury mechanism

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Dashboard injury

Fall on front of knee

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8
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Medial collateral ligament mechanism of injury

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Valgus stress

Skiing

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9
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Baker’s cyst

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Bulge and feeling of tightness behind knee

Cause - knee trauma, OA, inflammatory arthritis, gout

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10
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Foucher’s sign

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Increase in tension of Baker’s cysts on extension of knee

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11
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Infrapatellar bursitis

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When kneeling on knees like praying

- Clergyman’s bursitis

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12
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Prepatellar burstis

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When kneeling on hands and feet

- housemaid’s bursitis

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13
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ACL surgery

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Gold-standard is autograft repair
• Usually semitendinosus ± gracilis (can use patella
tendon)

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14
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Osteochondritis Dissecans

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• Piece of bone and overlying cartilage dissects off into
joint space.
• Commonly knee (med. fem. condyle), also elbow, hip and ankle.
• Young adult / adolescent
• Symptoms: pain, swelling, locking, ↓ ROM
• X-ray: loose bodies, lucent crater
• Mx: arthroscopic removal

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Knee OA presentation

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Pain around knee - can radiate to thigh and hip

Crepitus

Pain exacerbated by exercise and relieved by rest

Joint stiffness - reduced ROM

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16
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Mx of knee OA

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Lifestyle modification

Total knee replacement - gold standard

17
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ACL injury presentation

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Immediate swelling

Significant pain

18
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Segond injury

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Bony avulsion of the lateral proximal tibia - pathognomic of ACL injury

19
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Ix for Meniscal tears MCL, PCL and ACL injury

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Xray - rule out other causes

MRI scan - gold standard

20
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ACL injury mx

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RICE
Conservative - splint and rehab
Surgical - tendon or artifical graft

21
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Presentation of medial collateral ligament injury

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May pop 
Immediate medial joint line pain
Swelling after hours 
Tender along joint line 
May be able to weight bear
22
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MCL injury mx

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RICE
Strength training for 6 weeks
Analgesia

Grade II - moderate injury, with an incomplete tear:
- knee brace, strength training for 10 weeks

Grade III - severe injury, with a complete tear :
- Knee brace, crutches, strength training for 12 weeks

23
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Indication for surgery in medial collateral ligament injury

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Distal avulsion on MRI

24
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Medial meniscus

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Less circular than lateral meniscus

Attached to MCL

25
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Purpose of menisci

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Shock absorber

Increase articulation surface area

26
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Types of meniscal tear

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Longitudinal - bucket handle - central tear separates from lateral fragment

Vertical

Transverse (Parrot-beak)

Degenerative

27
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Clinical features of meniscal tears

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Tearing sensation in the knee

Intense sudden onset pain

Swells slowly - 6 - 12 hours

Locked in flexion - unable to extend

Tenderness

Joint effusion

28
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Test for meniscal tears

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McMurray’s Test* and Apley’s Grind Test

29
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Mx of meniscal tears

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RICE

Larger tears - arthroscopy

If tear is in outer third - can be sutured

Inner third - trimmed

30
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Complications of meniscal tears and tx

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OA

Arthroscopy can cause - DVT, damage to local structures such as the saphenous nerve and vein, the peroneal nerve, and the popliteal vessels

31
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Clinical features of patella fracture

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Anterior knee pain
Worse with movement
Unable to straight leg raise

Swollen and bruised
Patella defect

32
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Bipartite Patella

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Congenital condition whereby there is failure of patella fusion, leaving two separate bone fragments of the patella joined only by fibrocartilaginous tissue

  • asymptomatic
33
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Ix for patella frcature

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Xrays - AP, Lateral , skyline

CT

34
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Mx of patella fractures

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Non displaced, minimally displaced - conservative

  • RICE
  • brace or cylinder cast- early weight bearing in extension

Displaced or compromised extension - surgery

  • ORIF with tension band wiring
  • screw fixation if simple fracture
35
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Complications of patella fractures

A

OA

Loss of ROM

Year 3 Trauma And Orthopaedics (25 decks)

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