title: Simultaneous bilateral avulsion fracture of the tibial tubercle in adolescent: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Clinical Center of Serbia, School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. ditulio01@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Goran
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Tulic
authors.forename: Jelena
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sopta
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bumbasirevic
authors.forename: Aleksandar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Todorovic
authors.forename: Cedomir
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vucetic
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001490:Basketball / Q000293:injuries; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome