%0 Journal Article
%T Compound posterior cruciate ligament and popliteal artery injury due to dog bite: A case report
%A Ashok Rajput
%A Atin Jaiswal
%A Hitesh Lal
%J Archive of "Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica".
%D 2017
%R 10.1016/j.aott.2017.03.018
%X Injuries due to dog bites are a common occurrence and are mostly trivial. Severe dog bite injuries requiring hospitalization and complex reconstructive procedures are more common in children. We present the case of a five year old child with popliteal artery thrombosis and compound Posterior Cruciate ligament injury due to a dog bite. The child was managed by immediate thrombectomy, meticulous debridement and knee spanning external fixation followed by Skin Grafting. At one year post surgery range of motion was 10¨C110¡ã, with no distal neurovascular deficit and no sign of instability
%K Dog bite
%K PCL injury
%K Popliteal artery injury
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6197443/