Tibial fracture after transposition of the tibial tubercle.


Published online: Sep 27 1991

M J van Haeff, and A J Sauter.

Department of Orthopedics, Municipal Hospital Leyenburg, Den Haag, The Netherlands.

Abstract

Eight weeks after transposition of the tibial tubercle for recurrent subluxation of the patella, the patient sustained a tibial fracture during rope jumping. In spite of consolidation of the osteotomy in the frontal plane, there remained a small gap in the anterior cortex in the transverse plane through which the tibia failed during bending stress.

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