Avulsion fractures of tibial tuberosity in adolescents: Treatment with closed reduction and percutaneous screwing, using MRI to identify combined intraarticular lesions

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1636-1639

  Ozkayin, Nadir ^a,b   Aktuglu, Kemal ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AVULSION FRACTURE; CASE REPORT; FASCIOTOMY; HUMAN; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LIGAMENT RUPTURE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPORT; TIBIA TUBEROSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BONE SCREWS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 29144480196     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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