Bilateral acute knee ligament injuries (2 case report)

Abstract

The lesions were found to be bilateral in two of the patients who were admitted to our clinic for traumatic knee injuries. First patient was a 22 year old female. Physical and radiological examinations revealed that she had ruptures of the ACL+LCL in her right knee, ACL and MCL in her left knee. She had been operated on at two sessions; first for the primary repairs of the ACL and LCL ruptures of the right knee and second for the primary repairs of the ACL and MCL ruptures of the left knee. Follow-up period is 24 months. According to the Lysholm knee scale her scores for both knees are 98 and according to the Marshall knee scale scores for her both knees are 44. The second patient was a 16 years old male and came after a traffic accident. He had ruptures of the ACL, LCL and the joint capsule in her Ieft knee and right tibiofemoral luxation together with MCL,ACL, PCL and posterior oblique ruptures, total peripheral tears of the medial meniscus and tears of the medial retinaculum. ACL and repairs of the left knee and primary repairs of all torn Iigaments and structures were performed after reposition of the Iuxation of the right side. The follow-up period is 7 months in this patient with a Lysholm score of 68 for both knees. The Marshall score is 29 on the right and 35 on the Ieft.