Chapter
Posterolateral Corner Injuries
Abstract
This chapter presents a case study of a 32‐year‐old hockey player injured his knee after suffering a pivoting injury playing hockey one month ago. His physical exam reveals 10 mm of lateral opening on varus stress with no endpoint, a positive posterolateral drawer test, and a positive dial test at 30 ° of flexion. There has been much debate in the literature regarding the decision to repair or reconstruct the posterolateral corner (PLC) in …
Authors
Horner NS; Gohal C; Ayeni OR; Whelan DB
Book title
Evidence‐Based Orthopedics
Pagination
pp. 815-818
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
August 30, 2021
DOI
10.1002/9781119413936.ch139