J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1983 Feb;18(1):57-63. 10.4055/jkoa.1983.18.1.57.

An Operative Treatment of Injured Medial Structures of the Knee

• Wang JM

• KMID: 2450069
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1983.18.1.57

Abstract

The author reviewed 67 cases having medial instability of the knee joint from 1971 to 1980 who were treated by surgery at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Ewha Womans University Hospital. The author reviewed 67 cases which showed medial instability from 1971 to 1980 who had been treated by surgery in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Ewha Womans University Hospital and summarized as follows. 1. The majority of the medial instability was due to rupture of medial collateral ligament with capsular ligament (43.3%), and the rest were due to rupture of tibial collateral ligament only (35.8%). 2. The medial instability also produced by rupture of the other structures of the medial side of the knee joint without tibial collateral ligament rupture. 3. The stress radiogram was important guide line for the diagnosis of the injury of the medial structures of the knee joint. 4. The degree of medial joint space opening was increased with the number of structures injured.

Keyword

Rupture; Medial structures; Knee; Stress radiogram