Knee Dislocation (cont.)
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When to Seek Medical Care
If you think you dislocated your knee, go to the nearest hospital's emergency department. Seek care for these reasons:
- Extreme pain or swelling after a serious injury (such as a car crash)
- An obvious deformity of your knee
- Numbness in your foot
- No pulses in your foot
Go to the hospital's emergency department for medical care for a dislocated knee.
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Knee dislocation is a relatively rare injury but an important one to recognize because coexistent vascular injury, if missed, often leads to limb loss.
