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MS is a 33-year-old male who presents to the emergency department after sustaining a motorcycle accident in which he slid on a patch of ice and lost control of his motorcycle. Upon presentation to the emergency department, his chief complaint is of right knee and leg pain. On primary survey, he demonstrates a GCS of 15, a patent airway, and is hemodynamically stable. On secondary survey, no gross deformity is noted to his right lower extremity.
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Crosby, S.N., Sethi, M.K., Obremskey, W.T. (2013). Knee Dislocations. In: Sethi, M., Jahangir, A., Obremskey, W. (eds) Orthopedic Traumatology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3511-2_18
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