Introduction: tibial spine avulsion fractures, also known as intercondylar eminence fractures, are uncommon knee injuries that predominantly affect in children and young adults. Material and methods: a 22-year-old-male no relevant medical history went to the emergency department after sports injury, in the performed X-ray was identified a displaced type III tibial eminence fracture. The tibial spine avulsion is identified and inspected. An incision is made medial and distal to the tibial tubercle, an ACL guide is inserted anteromedially and an 18 mm Kirshner wire is placed closed to the stump of the ACL with its end curved intraarticularly. The bone fragment is then pulled with gentle traction and a near anatomic reduction is verified on fluoroscopy. Results: the score function of Lysholm at decasting at last follow-up was 98. Radiographs were obtained at 1, 3, and 6 months postoperatively. At final follow-up, the Lachman test was used to evaluate the stability of the knee. Patient did not show any signs of laxity and returned to his preinjury activity level 8 months after surgery. Conclusion: the treatment of the displaced fractures requires surgical reduction and fixation in order to achieve adequate tension in the anterior cruciate ligament and to reduce the risk of laxity. The aim of our study is to evaluate the clinical and radiological results of the arthroscopically assisted pinning of ACL avulsion fractures and to show that it is a very simple and effective technique.
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| DOI | 10.11648/j.ijmi.20221004.12 |
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Knee, Anterior Cruciate Ligament, Fracture, Avulsion, Arthroscopy, Fixation
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Kamal Lahrach, Saeed Abdulrazak, Soumare Boubacar, Fawzi Boutayeb. (2022). Arthroscopy-Assisted Pinning of Tibial Spine Avulsion Fracture: A Simple Technique. International Journal of Medical Imaging, 10(4), 49-52. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijmi.20221004.12
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Kamal Lahrach; Saeed Abdulrazak; Soumare Boubacar; Fawzi Boutayeb. Arthroscopy-Assisted Pinning of Tibial Spine Avulsion Fracture: A Simple Technique. Int. J. Med. Imaging 2022, 10(4), 49-52. doi: 10.11648/j.ijmi.20221004.12
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abstract = {Introduction: tibial spine avulsion fractures, also known as intercondylar eminence fractures, are uncommon knee injuries that predominantly affect in children and young adults. Material and methods: a 22-year-old-male no relevant medical history went to the emergency department after sports injury, in the performed X-ray was identified a displaced type III tibial eminence fracture. The tibial spine avulsion is identified and inspected. An incision is made medial and distal to the tibial tubercle, an ACL guide is inserted anteromedially and an 18 mm Kirshner wire is placed closed to the stump of the ACL with its end curved intraarticularly. The bone fragment is then pulled with gentle traction and a near anatomic reduction is verified on fluoroscopy. Results: the score function of Lysholm at decasting at last follow-up was 98. Radiographs were obtained at 1, 3, and 6 months postoperatively. At final follow-up, the Lachman test was used to evaluate the stability of the knee. Patient did not show any signs of laxity and returned to his preinjury activity level 8 months after surgery. Conclusion: the treatment of the displaced fractures requires surgical reduction and fixation in order to achieve adequate tension in the anterior cruciate ligament and to reduce the risk of laxity. The aim of our study is to evaluate the clinical and radiological results of the arthroscopically assisted pinning of ACL avulsion fractures and to show that it is a very simple and effective technique.},
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