Biplane fracture of distal femoral epiphysis: a case report.
We report a case of an unusual pattern of fracture in an 11 year-old girl who sustained a distal femoral epiphyseal injury of her right knee after a motorcycle accident. It is a combination of type I and type III epiphyseal injury. This is the so-called biplane fracture of distal femoral epiphysis. The pathomechanism of the injury is a combined adduction and hyperextension type. Open reduction and internal fixation are used in order to achieve anatomic reduction. Three months after operation the fracture was healed with good functional result.
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Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002648:Child; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000293:injuries; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009049:Motorcycles; D011859:Radiography