Posterolateral knee instability: an alternative proposal for surgical treatment

In spite of the low incidence of posterolateral insta-bility of the knee, its recognition has become highly im-portant, because lack of diagnosis leads to severe seque-lae, mainly when associated with anterior and/or poste-rior cruciate ligament injuries, evolving to varus deform-ity, hyperextension, and failure of the primary ligamentreconstructions of this joint in those cases where they areperformed.