title: Tibial fracture after transposition of the tibial tubercle.
abstract: Eight weeks after transposition of the tibial tubercle for recurrent subluxation of the patella, the patient sustained a tibial fracture during rope jumping. In spite of consolidation of the osteotomy in the frontal plane, there remained a small gap in the anterior cortex in the transverse plane through which the tibia failed during bending stress.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Municipal Hospital Leyenburg, Den Haag, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: van Haeff
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Sauter
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000601:surgery*; D010329:Patella / Q000293:injuries*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*