Traumatic knee dislocations are relatively rare yet serious injuries. They remain under diagnosed injuries in view of the frequency with which they can present having spontaneously reduced. Diagnosis requires a high index of clinical suspicion on presentation of all knee injuries. Careful, repeated and vigilant monitoring for neurovascular compromise following diagnosis, appropriate investigations and early involvement of surgeons with a specialist interest in knee ligament injury are important factors in managing these injuries. The prognosis has improved in recent years following establishment of some consensus on the evaluation, investigation, management and rehabilitation of these injuries and this article presents an evidence based review of these principles.
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