Bilateral multiligament injury of knee caused by entangled dupatta.

Vaidya, Shrinand V; Mathesul, Ambarish A; Panghate, Atul N; Wade, Roshan; Sonawane, Dhiraj V · Indian J Orthop · 2012

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report a rare case of bilateral multiligament knee injury in an 18-year-old female employed in garment industry. Patient was wearing salwar kameez and dupatta while operating an electric laundry machine. In this case we discuss a peculiar mechanism of injury caused due to wearing dupatta near working site and suggest simple preventive measures.

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