Tibial avulsion fracture of the posterior root of the medial meniscus in a skeletally-immature child - A case report

Knee

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-65

  Matava, Matthew J ^a   Kim, Young Mo ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Medial meniscus; Meniscal ossicle; Open physis; Posterior root; Tibial avulsion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; AVULSION FRACTURE; BRACE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTUSION; EDEMA; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; JOINT SWELLING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

BRACES; CHILD; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, COMMINUTED; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SUTURE ANCHORS; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649908183     PISSN: 09680160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2010.01.007     Document Type: Article

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