DISTAL FEMUR FRACTURES Distal femoral physeal fractures in children may be difficult to treat and are associated with a high rate of complications including growth arrest.1 Close follow-up is necessary…
Step 1: Graft Harvest Hamstring autograft is the graft choice in this skeletally immature population. A 2-cm vertical incision over the distal insertion of the hamstring tendon is the preferred…
On the tibial side, transtibial drilling can be performed in a retrograde or anterograde fashion using an appropriately sized reamer. We prefer to use a FlipCutter on the tibial side….
More recently, Jordan et al.15 expanded on this classification system to include both arthroscopic and clinical findings in order to more completely describe discoid meniscus type and therefore provide more…
Fithian et al.15 investigated acute, first-time PFI. However, his patient population included both pediatric and adult patients. He also found that younger patients, age 10 to 17 years, were more…
Next, we turn our attention to the inferior portion of the patellar tendon where it inserts into the superior portion of the tuberosity. Small capsulotomies are made on either side…
At specific times in the development of each long bone, two secondary centers of ossification appear—the growth plates on either end of the long bone. The growth plate, also known…
