INTRODUCTION Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD) is a well known condition, characterized by pain over the tibial tubercle with subsequent tubercle prominence. Avulsion fracture following OSD is a rare complication. We report an unusual case of simultaneous bilateral tibial tubercle avulsion fracture in a 16 year old boy who was a known case of OSD. CASE PRESENTATION A 16 year old boy a known case...

A 13-year-old boy sustained an avulsion fracture of the left greater trochanter eight months after surgical stabilisation of a slipped capital femoral epiphysis on the same side. In this specific case, avulsion of the greater trochanter after slipping of the capital femoral epiphysis may have been facilitated by weakening of the trochanteric physis.

Traumatic female urethral avulsion in the absence of a pelvic fracture is an exceedingly rare entity, with no consensus on its' management. Here, we present a 35-year-old pregnant woman with severe anterior vaginal wall laceration and complete urethral avulsion secondary to straddle injury. Management consisted of primary urethral and vaginal repair.

Radio-ulnar Fracture dislocation of the elbow is a high-energy trauma which can be associated with significant ligamentous injury in adults. We report an unusual triad of injury in a patient with avulsion injury of the triceps. This injury can be thought of as a variant of "terrible triad" with dislocation of radio-ulnar joint, radial head fracture, and medial collateral ligament injury with av...

Avulsion fracture of the iliac crest is an uncommon pathology. It usually occurs in teenagers during sport activities, more common in boys. We report a case of 16-year-old male competitive sprinter, who had an avulsion of a part of the iliac crest and the anterior-superior iliac spine during a competition. The traumatism occurred during the period of acceleration phase out of the blocks which c...

INTRODUCTION Avulsion fractures of the tuber calcanei classically occur after falling on the foot, due to the forced dorsiflexion and the sudden contraction of the Achilles tendon. Direct trauma to the back of the leg and a direct penetrating injury are also infrequent causes and may be observed predominantly in younger patients. PRESENTATION OF CASE We present a case of an open tuber calcane...

In an earlier article (Levy, Fishel and Stern i978) we described six patients with avulsion of the triceps tendon, four of whom also had a fracture of the radial head. Since then we have treated 1 2 more patients with this combined injury. To the best of our knowledge this is the first and the largest series describing this combination. In our article we suggested that an awareness of the hazar...

Apophysitis describes a chronic traction injury at the insertion site of a tendon. There is a gradual onset of pain with no clear history of injury. Without adequate preventive methods, an avulsion fracture may result. The case is here reported of an apophyseal avulsion fracture of the anterior superior iliac spine in an adolescent caused by playing football before the end of treatment for apop...

 P. I. Akimau, MD, PhD, FRCS Orth, ST8 in Trauma and Orthopaedics, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics  W. M. Dakin, RN, Dip Orth Nursing, Staff Nurse, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics  C. Chadwick, FRCS Orth, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sheffield Foot and Ankle Unit, Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics  C. M. Blundell, MD, FRCS Orth, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sheffield F...