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| Year : 2021 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 94-100 |
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PCL avulsion – ORIF by CC screw. Case series – Our experience at IGIMS
Manish Kumar1, Anjani Kumar2, Jaya Sharma3, Gangdayal Sharma1, Santosh Kumar1
1 Department of Orthopaedics, IGIMS, Patna, Bihar, India
2 Department of Internal Medicine, AIIMS, Patna, Bihar, India
3 Department of Health, PHC Masaurhi, Patna, Bihar, India
Correspondence Address:
Manish Kumar
Department of Orthopaedics, IGIMS, Patna, Bihar
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/jigims.jigims_12_21
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Introduction: Posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) avulsion fractures are not a very common injury but among the avulsion fractures around the knee, PCL avulsion is very common followed by anterior cruciate ligament avulsion. Various treatment modalities have been described in the literature right from nonoperative to operative fixations.
Materials and Methods: A series of 7 patients having isolated PCL avulsion fracture were selected for this study. Two of them refused treatment of any types. The remaining of the five patients was treated by open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) using CC screw through the posterior approach.
Results: All patients were followed up for 1 year. Union was achieved in all the cases. At the end of the study, all were able to squat easily and could extend the knee fully. Lysholm score was excellent in three patients and good in two patients.
Conclusion: It was concluded that ORIF using a CC screw with a washer is a good mode of fixation, giving good functional recovery and stable knee.
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