Combined damage to the knee ligaments and the coxofemoral nerve

The examination and treatment of 25 patients with chronic combined damage to the knee ligaments and the coxofemoral nerve have led the authors to the conclusion that many patients are not diagnosed as having nerve injury in the early period. Early diagnosis of combined damages makes it possible to perform treatment in time in recovering the ligaments and nerve function and to rule out intricate reconst motive operations in the late period of injury. In chronic combined damages to the ligaments and the nerve, the most justifiable therapeutical method is surgery: plastic recovery of the ligaments and revision of the nerve, which is expedient to make simultaneously, the scope of an operation on the nerve is determined by the nature of a damage. Positive clinical results seen among most patients confirmed the efficiency of the therapeutical method.