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Last Updated: 31 July 2020 by Jeremy
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Acute high energy trauma | | Discrete low energy trauma | | No trauma |
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Send to ED | | Consider...- Generalised pain: ACL tear, osteochondral defect, PCL tear
- Medial: MCL or medial meniscal tear
- Anterior: Patellar dislocation, subluxation, tendon tear, or quadriceps tendon tear
- Lateral: Lateral meniscus, posterior lateral corner, patellar dislocation/subluxation, LCL tear
- Posterior: Posterior capsule tear, PCL tear, tibiofemoral dislocation
| | Knee effusion present? |
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Box 3 in Row 3 | | | | Box 4 in Row 3 |