Guide To Knee Dislocation Surgery

How The Surgery Is Performed

How the knee dislocation surgery is performed will depend on what type of knee dislocation surgery a patient receives. One common type of knee dislocation surgery is a lateral release surgery, which slightly cuts a band of fibrous tissue along the outside of the knee joint to keep the band from pulling the kneecap to the side over and over. Doctors may also tweak the placement of muscles along the knee to help hold the joint in place. In almost all knee dislocations, the medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) is torn, so some surgical techniques involve using a donor or grafted tendon to reconstruct the MPFL. For situations where cartilage is torn, doctors may also need to implant a cartilage graft. Surgeries can be performed as an open operation, where the doctors make a large incision to reach the knee, or they can be done arthroscopically. Arthroscopic methods feed a tube filled with instruments into the area, so the incisions are a lot smaller.

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