MINOR KNEE TRAUMA AS A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF ASYMMETRICAL PROXIMAL TIBIALPHYSIS CLOSURE - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
TAKAI R GRANT AD ATAR D LEHMAN WB
Citation
R. Takai et al., MINOR KNEE TRAUMA AS A POSSIBLE CAUSE OF ASYMMETRICAL PROXIMAL TIBIALPHYSIS CLOSURE - A CASE-REPORT, Clinical orthopaedics and related research, (307), 1994, pp. 142-145
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,Orthopedics
Journal title
Clinical orthopaedics and related research → ACNP
ISSN journal
0009921X
Issue
307
Year of publication
1994
Pages
142 - 145
Database
ISI
SICI code
0009-921X(1994):307<142:MKTAAP>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
An unusual case is presented in which minor soft tissue injury may hav e caused premature asymmetrical closure of the proximal tibial physis resulting in a 30 degrees genu recurvatum that necessitated corrective osteotomy. Awareness of the possibility of a hidden physeal injury in the presence of soft tissue injury and a normal radiograph may lead t o its early recognition and treatment.