Tibial Tuberosity Fracture in an Elderly Gentleman: An Unusual Injury Pattern

Avulsion fracture of the tibial tuberosity is an infrequent injury in adolescents and an extremely rare occurrence in adults. We describe the case of an 86-year-old gentleman presenting after a fall, sustaining injury to the left knee. Radiographs of the left knee showed avulsion fracture of the tib...

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Autores principales: Brown, Emma, Sohail, Mohammad Taaha, West, Jonathan, Davies, Benjamin, Mamarelis, Georgios, Sohail, Mohammad Zain
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2020
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7102450/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32257487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8650927
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author Brown, Emma
Sohail, Mohammad Taaha
West, Jonathan
Davies, Benjamin
Mamarelis, Georgios
Sohail, Mohammad Zain
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description Avulsion fracture of the tibial tuberosity is an infrequent injury in adolescents and an extremely rare occurrence in adults. We describe the case of an 86-year-old gentleman presenting after a fall, sustaining injury to the left knee. Radiographs of the left knee showed avulsion fracture of the tibial tuberosity. The purpose of this study was to present a rare case of tibial tuberosity avulsion fracture in an adult, the treatment performed, and the challenges faced. The case is discussed with the review of the literature.
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spelling pubmed-71024502020-04-01 Tibial Tuberosity Fracture in an Elderly Gentleman: An Unusual Injury Pattern Brown, Emma Sohail, Mohammad Taaha West, Jonathan Davies, Benjamin Mamarelis, Georgios Sohail, Mohammad Zain Case Rep Orthop Case Report Avulsion fracture of the tibial tuberosity is an infrequent injury in adolescents and an extremely rare occurrence in adults. We describe the case of an 86-year-old gentleman presenting after a fall, sustaining injury to the left knee. Radiographs of the left knee showed avulsion fracture of the tibial tuberosity. The purpose of this study was to present a rare case of tibial tuberosity avulsion fracture in an adult, the treatment performed, and the challenges faced. The case is discussed with the review of the literature. Hindawi 2020-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7102450/ /pubmed/32257487 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8650927 Text en Copyright © 2020 Emma Brown et al. http://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_full Tibial Tuberosity Fracture in an Elderly Gentleman: An Unusual Injury Pattern
title_fullStr Tibial Tuberosity Fracture in an Elderly Gentleman: An Unusual Injury Pattern
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title_sort tibial tuberosity fracture in an elderly gentleman: an unusual injury pattern
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7102450/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/8650927
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