Bilateral Medial Malleolus Stress Fractures in a High School Athlete Treated With Open Reduction Internal Fixation

Pediatric medial malleolus stress fracture is a rare pathology and has limited data on management. The authors present a case of bilateral medial malleolus stress fracture treated with operative fixation followed by a course of immobilization and protected weight-bearing.

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Autores principales: Klavas, Derek M, Holderread, Brendan M, Liu, Jonathan, Cosculluela, Pedro E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Pediatric Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8459807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34589372
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18186
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description Pediatric medial malleolus stress fracture is a rare pathology and has limited data on management. The authors present a case of bilateral medial malleolus stress fracture treated with operative fixation followed by a course of immobilization and protected weight-bearing.
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spelling pubmed-84598072021-09-28 Bilateral Medial Malleolus Stress Fractures in a High School Athlete Treated With Open Reduction Internal Fixation Klavas, Derek M Holderread, Brendan M Liu, Jonathan Cosculluela, Pedro E Cureus Pediatric Surgery Pediatric medial malleolus stress fracture is a rare pathology and has limited data on management. The authors present a case of bilateral medial malleolus stress fracture treated with operative fixation followed by a course of immobilization and protected weight-bearing. Cureus 2021-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8459807/ /pubmed/34589372 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18186 Text en Copyright © 2021, Klavas et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Pediatric Surgery
Klavas, Derek M
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Liu, Jonathan
Cosculluela, Pedro E
Bilateral Medial Malleolus Stress Fractures in a High School Athlete Treated With Open Reduction Internal Fixation
title Bilateral Medial Malleolus Stress Fractures in a High School Athlete Treated With Open Reduction Internal Fixation
title_full Bilateral Medial Malleolus Stress Fractures in a High School Athlete Treated With Open Reduction Internal Fixation
title_fullStr Bilateral Medial Malleolus Stress Fractures in a High School Athlete Treated With Open Reduction Internal Fixation
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Medial Malleolus Stress Fractures in a High School Athlete Treated With Open Reduction Internal Fixation
title_short Bilateral Medial Malleolus Stress Fractures in a High School Athlete Treated With Open Reduction Internal Fixation
title_sort bilateral medial malleolus stress fractures in a high school athlete treated with open reduction internal fixation
topic Pediatric Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8459807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34589372
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18186
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