Simultaneous bilateral avulsion fracture of the tibial tubercle in adolescent: a case report.
Acute avulsion of the tibial tubercle is an uncommon injury, accounting for less than 1% of all physeal injuries. Simultaneous bilateral avulsion fractures of the tibial tubercle are extremely rare. Only 10 cases have been reported in the literature to date. We report a case of a 15-year-old boy who suffered from the bilateral avulsion fractures of the tibial tubercle during basketball in take-off phase of the high jump. He went through surgery and 4 years after index procedures he has no deformities, the knee is painless and he participates in sport activities on daily basis.
Tulic
Goran
G
Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Clinical Center of Serbia, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. ditulio01@yahoo.com
Sopta
Jelena
J
Bumbasirevic
Marko
M
Todorovic
Aleksandar
A
Vucetic
Cedomir
C
D000293:Adolescent; D001490:Basketball / Q000293:injuries; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome