Treatment of acute avulsion of posterior cruciate ligament of left knee with bony fragment by Siddha Varmam therapy and traditional bone setting method

A 42-year-old man with the complaints of left knee swelling, severe pain, difficult to stand was reportedto Siddha Varmam division after a road accident. He was diagnosed as acute avulsion of Posterior cruciateligament (PCL). It was diagnosed based on the history of trauma, knee pain and swelling after trauma,positive posterior drawer test and avulsion fracture shown by radiograph. He was treated with SiddhaVarmam therapy and traditional bone setting. After a month of treatment, the PCL avulsion fracture gothealed without any surgical interventions and patient able to walk normally. This case report summarises the novel Siddha Varmam therapy and traditional bone setting treatments for acute avulsion of PCLwith bony fragment.© 2018 Transdisciplinary University, Bangalore and World Ayurveda Foundation. Publishing Services byElsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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Siddha varmam therapy Bone setting PCL fracture

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Natarajan S., Anbarasi C., Meena R., Muralidass S.D., Sathiyarajeswaran P., Gopakumar K., Ramaswamy R.S.. Treatment of acute avulsion of posterior cruciate ligament of left knee with bony fragment by Siddha Varmam therapy and traditional bone setting method. Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine. 2019 Apr; 10(2): 135-138

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https://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/214064

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