Current Concepts of Posterolateral Corner Injuries of the Knee
- Author:
Oog Jin SHON
1
;
Jae Woo PARK
;
Beum Jung KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords: Knee; Instability; Diagnosis; Treatment
- MeSH: Classification; Diagnosis; Humans; Knee; Motor Vehicles; Sports
- From:The Journal of Korean Knee Society 2017;29(4):256-268
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: The number of posterolateral corner (PLC) injury patients has risen owing to the increased motor vehicle accidents and sports activities. Careful examination is required because this injury is easy to overlook and may lead to chronic instability. The purpose of this article is to review the anatomy, biomechanics, diagnosis, classification and, treatment of PLC injuries and summarize the recent literatures regarding the treatment outcomes.
