An en bloc avulsion fracture of tibial tuberosity and Gerdy's tubercle in an adolescent basketball player: A case report

Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 781-785

  Yoo, Jae Ho ^a   Hahn, Sung Ho ^a   Yang, Bo Kyu ^a   Yi, Seung Rim ^a   Ahn, Young Joon ^a   Yoon, Dong Jin ^a   Kim, Jin Hong ^a  

^a National Police Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Avulsion fracture; Gerdy's tubercle; Tibial tuberosity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BASKETBALL; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; BASKETBALL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 34250310954     PISSN: 09422056     EISSN: 14337347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00167-006-0213-8     Document Type: Article

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