Proximal Tibial Epiphysis Fracture in a 13-Year-Old Male Athlete

Fractures of the proximal epiphysis of the tibia are rare, representing 0.5 to 3.0% of all epiphyseal injuries. These injuries can damage the popliteal vessels and their bifurcation, affecting the blood supply of the lower limb, as well as the nerves below the knee. Epiphyseal growth arrest is also...

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Autores principales: Stavrakakis, Ioannis M., Katsoulis, Pavlos E., Katsafarou, Maria S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5457767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28607786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4823589
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author Stavrakakis, Ioannis M.
Katsoulis, Pavlos E.
Katsafarou, Maria S.
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description Fractures of the proximal epiphysis of the tibia are rare, representing 0.5 to 3.0% of all epiphyseal injuries. These injuries can damage the popliteal vessels and their bifurcation, affecting the blood supply of the lower limb, as well as the nerves below the knee. Epiphyseal growth arrest is also a potential complication, leading to various angular deformities. We present a case of a 13-year-old male athlete with a posteriorly displaced Salter-Harris type II fracture of the proximal epiphysis of the left tibia who was treated conservatively with closed reduction and cast immobilization.
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spelling pubmed-54577672017-06-12 Proximal Tibial Epiphysis Fracture in a 13-Year-Old Male Athlete Stavrakakis, Ioannis M. Katsoulis, Pavlos E. Katsafarou, Maria S. Case Rep Orthop Case Report Fractures of the proximal epiphysis of the tibia are rare, representing 0.5 to 3.0% of all epiphyseal injuries. These injuries can damage the popliteal vessels and their bifurcation, affecting the blood supply of the lower limb, as well as the nerves below the knee. Epiphyseal growth arrest is also a potential complication, leading to various angular deformities. We present a case of a 13-year-old male athlete with a posteriorly displaced Salter-Harris type II fracture of the proximal epiphysis of the left tibia who was treated conservatively with closed reduction and cast immobilization. Hindawi 2017 2017-05-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5457767/ /pubmed/28607786 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4823589 Text en Copyright © 2017 Ioannis M. Stavrakakis et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Proximal Tibial Epiphysis Fracture in a 13-Year-Old Male Athlete
title_sort proximal tibial epiphysis fracture in a 13-year-old male athlete
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5457767/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28607786
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4823589
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