Citation

Baxter MP, Wiley JJ. J. Bone Joint Surg. Br. 1988; 70(2): 228-230.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3346294

Abstract

Forty-five patients with fractures of the tibial spine were reviewed 3 to 10 years after injury in order to determine the degree of residual laxity of the cruciate or collateral ligaments. After fractures which had been partially or completely displaced, some anterior cruciate laxity was evident, even if patients were asymptomatic. It was also found that an anatomical reduction did not prevent either laxity or some loss of full extension of the knee.

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