Rivets suture treatment of medial collateral ligament injury of starting and ending point of the Ministry of grade.doc

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 9 Rivets suture treatment of medial collateral ligament injury of starting and ending point of the Ministry of grade Study: Winter Shixin Ge Hou Liang Wengen Xu Haibin [Keywords:] medial collateral ligament knee arthroscopy rivets Medial collateral ligament (medial collateral ligament, MCL) injury is the most common knee ligament injury, lateral knee valgus stress is the main reason for injury. Knee medial collateral ligament injuries are divided into shallow and deep , were divided into , , degree, degree of injury is often associated with medial meniscus injury, fracture site in the medial epicondyle of the femur and tibia condyle only the middle point, or ligaments, , degree of injury can be treated conservatively, degree of damage should be .2005 surgery in July to May 2009, 13 cases of medial collateral ligament injury of grade Department of beginning and ending points, the use of rivets suture treatment and get good results, reported as follows: 1 Materials and Methods 1.1 Clinical data The group of 8 males and 5 females, ages 16 to 55 years, average 30.5 years of age. 9 cases of left knee and right knee in 4 cases. Injury to operation 2 ~ 12d. Patients had obvious history of trauma, knee joint swelling, limitation of knee medial tenderness, knee valgus stress test was positive, dividing the group standards are by injury grade , which start the medial epicondyle of femur fracture in 8 cases, the only point of tibial condyle fracture in 5 cases, beginning and ending avulsion fracture in 5 cases, 4 cases of meniscus injury combined. 1.2 Treatment All patients were treated by surgery, epidural anesthesia, a tourniquet on the balloon. Preoperative diagnosis of meniscus injury knee arthroscopy first case, a clear line of meniscus injury level and the necessary processing. On the simple MCL injury, the line incision repair. incision from the adductor tubercle downward by 2cm adductor tubercle, along the medial t