Citation

Viswanath YK, Rogers IM. Postgrad. Med. J. 1999; 75(887): 552-553.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery and Orthopaedics, South Tyneside General Hospital, South Shields, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10616692

PMCID

PMC1741362

Abstract

Complete knee dislocation is a rare injury and an associated incidence of popliteal artery damage ranges from 16-60% of cases. It occurs commonly in road traffic accidents and in high velocity trauma where significant contact remains as the usual mode of injury. We describe a rare case of non-contact knee dislocation with popliteal artery injury sustained while practising Aikido, a type of martial art. This patient successfully underwent closed reduction of the knee with an emergency vein bypass graft. Similar injury in association with Aikido has not been described in the English literature previously. Various martial art injuries are briefly discussed and safety recommendations made.

Language: en