Irreducible fracture of the proximal tibial physis in an adolescent.
Fracture of the proximal tibial physis is a rare injury. This paper reports an unusual case of a 13-year-old boy who sustained a displaced Salter II proximal tibial fracture. Closed reduction could not be achieved. An open reduction revealed interposed periosteum in the fracture site.
Division of Orthopaedics, Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center, New York.
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Ciszewski
W R
WR
Buschmann
C N
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Rudolph
D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D000072042:Salter-Harris Fractures; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*