Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Simultaneous avulsion fracture of the posterior medial and posterior lateral meniscus root: a case report and review of the literature

Simultaneous avulsion fracture of the posterior medial and posterior lateral meniscus root: a... Injuries of the meniscus roots are increasingly recognized as a serious knee joint pathology. An avulsion fracture of the meniscus root is a rare variant of this injury pattern. In this article, a case of a traumatic simultaneous avulsion fracture of both the posterior medial and posterior lateral meniscus root associated with a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament is presented. Both avulsion fractures were treated by indirect arthroscopic transtibial pullout fixation of the bony fragment. Based on the findings of our literature review, root avulsion fractures seem to be more common in young male patients after an acute trauma to the knee joint. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery Springer Journals

Simultaneous avulsion fracture of the posterior medial and posterior lateral meniscus root: a case report and review of the literature

Loading next page...
 
/lp/springer-journals/simultaneous-avulsion-fracture-of-the-posterior-medial-and-posterior-ZeaQy2gRgi

References (54)

Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2013 by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Orthopedics
ISSN
0936-8051
eISSN
1434-3916
DOI
10.1007/s00402-013-1915-2
pmid
24337588
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Injuries of the meniscus roots are increasingly recognized as a serious knee joint pathology. An avulsion fracture of the meniscus root is a rare variant of this injury pattern. In this article, a case of a traumatic simultaneous avulsion fracture of both the posterior medial and posterior lateral meniscus root associated with a tear of the anterior cruciate ligament is presented. Both avulsion fractures were treated by indirect arthroscopic transtibial pullout fixation of the bony fragment. Based on the findings of our literature review, root avulsion fractures seem to be more common in young male patients after an acute trauma to the knee joint.

Journal

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma SurgerySpringer Journals

Published: Dec 13, 2013

There are no references for this article.