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Creating Rigidly Stabilized Fractures for Assessing Intramembranous Ossification, Distraction Osteogenesis, or Healing of Critical Sized Defects
Published on: April 11, 2012
Coronal split fracture of the proximal tibia epiphysis through a partially closed physis: a new fracture pattern
S K Patari1, F Y Lee, F F Behrens
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 10032, U.S.A.
Summary:
A comminuted coronal split fracture of the proximal tibial epiphysis is an uncommon injury in children. The authors evaluated and treated two patients who sustained an epiphyseal fracture through a partially closed proximal tibial epiphysis. Plain radiography and computed tomography with three-dimensional reconstruction showed a comminuted coronal split fracture of the proximal tibial epiphysis. Each patient underwent definitive operative fixation of the fracture and was followed at least 1 year after clinical union. A mechanism consisting of three-point bending on the tibial plateau is proposed.
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