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Knee and Leg

Broken Bones and Injury

Fractures

  • Tibia Fractures
  • Patella (Kneecap) Fractures

Tears and Instability

  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injuries
  • Medial Collateral Ligament Injury
  • Meniscal Tear
  • Lateral Collateral Ligament Injury
  • Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL) Injury
  • Unstable Kneecap
Side-on diagram of knee anatomy labelling the quadriceps, patella, patellar tendon, cruciate and collateral ligaments, meniscus, femur, tibia and fibula

Diseases and Disorders

  • Baker’s Cyst
  • Bowed Legs in Children
  • Blount’s Disease
  • Chondromalacia Patella
  • Compartment Syndrome
  • Knee Bursitis
  • Knee Effusion
  • Leg Length Discrepancy
  • Meniscus Tear
  • Osgood-Schlatter Disease
  • Osteoarthritis of the Knee
  • Osteonecrosis of the Knee
  • Patellar Tendinitis (Jumper’s Knee)
  • Patellofemoral Arthritis
  • Shin Splints
Diagram of a knee with osteoarthritis showing eroding cartilage, exposed bone, bone spurs and an eroding meniscus
Knee Osteoarthritis

Treatment and Rehabilitation

  • ACL Reconstruction
  • Unicompartmental Knee Arthroplasty
  • Knee Arthroscopy
  • Total Knee Replacement
  • Revision Knee Replacement

Physiotherapy

  • Care of Casts and Splints
  • How to Use Crutches, Canes and Walkers

Written and maintained by the Orthoanswer editorial team, health professionals at Western Health, Melbourne.

Editor-in-chief: Professor Phong Tran, Professor and Head of Orthopaedic Surgery, Western Health, Melbourne.

Being treated at Western Health? See the Western Health Orthopaedic Unit pages for patients and for GPs and referrers.

Last updated 25 August 2026. General information only — read our editorial policy. This page does not replace advice from your own doctor.

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Editor-in-chief Professor Phong Tran
Updated 25 August 2026
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