Simultaneous bilateral tibial tubercle avulsion fracture in an adolescent: A case report and review of the literature

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-149

  Georgiou, Georgios ^a   Dimitrakopoulou, Alexandra ^a,b   Siapkara, Angeliki ^a   Kazakos, Konstantinos ^c   Provelengios, Stefanos ^a   Dounis, Elefterios ^a  

^a LAIKO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Democritus University of Thrace ^*  (Greece)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescent fracture; Bilateral simultaneous knee fractures; Knee injury; Physeal injury; Proximal tibial fracture; Tibial tuberosity avulsion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; EPIPHYSIS; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; SPORT; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; EPIPHYSES; HUMANS; MALE; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TRACK AND FIELD;

EID: 33846874585     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-006-0164-0     Document Type: Article

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