“Doctor, my grandmother’s left knee is very painful. She fell yesterday—could you please check what’s wrong?”
After examination, the physician replied:
“The left knee joint is fractured.”
“She is also having severe pain in her right knee and cannot walk. Could you please check that as well?”
After another examination, the physician responded:
“The right knee joint is also fractured.”
The family member asked in confusion:
“How is it possible that both knees are fractured at the same time?”
“Let’s take an X-ray, and we’ll have the answer.”
The X-ray results confirmed: bilateral knee fractures.
Although fractures in both knees at the same time are indeed rare,
it does not mean they cannot happen.
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