DOI: 10.36347/sasjs.2020.v06i04.010

Pages: 205-208

Post-traumatic stiffness of the knee is a common complication. It can be in flexion, extension, or mixed. It can be of intra-articular and / or extra-articular origin, and the surgical treatments available are numerous. These can be performed in the open or under arthroscopy. Understanding and analyzing the causes of this stiffness is essential. In general, flexion deficits are due to a retraction of the anterior structures and / or a posterior stopper. Deficits of extension rather by a posterior retraction and / or an anterior stop. We report a series of 8 cases of knee stiffness operated in the osteoarticular surgery department 2 of CHU HASSAN II of FES between January 2009 and December 2016. The objective of our study is to determine the epidemiological profile of these stiffnesses, the causes of these stiffness, the effectiveness of the surgical treatment evaluated by the IKS score, the gain in mobility and the causes of failure.