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12879226

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-16
pubmed:abstractText
Avulsion fractures of the anterior tibial spine are uncommon injuries, and most often seen in childhood. They can be associated with other intraarticular lesions and have, if adequately treated, a good long-term prognosis. In adults these fractures can be complicated by loss of knee extension because of the displacement of the bony fragment. This is most often as a result of non- or malunion of the displaced fragment. We review two cases of malunited fractures of the anterior tibial spine. Both patients reported persistent knee pain and loss of knee extension, and had had an anterior knee laxity for a long time. They had been treated extensively by physiotherapy. In one patient, arthroscopy in another hospital revealed no reasons for the clinical symptoms. More than twenty years after the initial trauma, both patients visited our hospital. A radiograph and a magnetic resonance imaging were respectively carried out both of which revealed a malunited avulsion fracture. According to the examinations, the patients were treated by open reduction and internal fixation, and in the follow up exploration both no longer had discomfort. Clinical and radiological features of this less common and rarely reported injury are discussed and the surgical treatment is demonstrated.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0942-2056
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
159-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Treatment of malunited fractures of the anterior tibial spine.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075, Göttingen, Germany. mike.baums@freenet.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports