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Posterior Cruciate Ligament Tear
Aka: Posterior Cruciate Ligament Tear, PCL Tear, Posterior Cruciate Deficiency, Posterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture, PCL Rupture
- See Also
- Knee Pain
- Knee Injury
- Epidemiology
- Uncommon injury
- Mechanism of injury
- Direct Trauma to proximal tibia
- Occurs when flexed knee decelerates rapidly
- Hyperflexion
- Fall on flexed knee
- Signs
- Knee Posterior Drawer Test positive
- PCL Sulcus Test positive
- PCL Sag Test positive
- Radiology: Knee XRay
- Lateral XRay evaluates for tibial avulsion Fracture
- Management
- Knee Immobilization for short period (extension splint)
- Knee Brace
- Quadriceps strengthening Exercises
- Surgery Indications (rarely indicated)
- Displaced tibial avulsion Fracture
- References
- Smith (1995) Am Fam Physician 51(4): 799-806 [PubMed]