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Locking knee caused by subluxation of the posterior horn of the lateral meniscus

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The authors report a case of repetitive locking knee caused by a subluxation of the posterior horn of a normal lateral meniscus. The posterior horn was sutured to the posterior knee capsule and the athlete resumed complete sports activity 4 months after the surgery.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, University Hospital, OTR-BH 14,CHUV, 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Raffaele Garofalo, Cyril Kombot, Olivier Borens, Ali Djahangiri & Elyazid Mouhsine

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  1. Raffaele Garofalo
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Garofalo, R., Kombot, C., Borens, O. et al. Locking knee caused by subluxation of the posterior horn of the lateral meniscus. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc 13, 569–571 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00167-004-0581-x

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