Adolescent Ankle Fractures
A 14-year-old girl presents after an external rotation injury to her ankle during basketball. She has anterolateral ankle pain and swelling. Radiographs show a Salter-Harris III fracture of the anterolateral distal tibial epiphysis with 3mm of articular displacement. CT scan confirms the fragment involves approximately 30% of the articular surface with the fibula intact. Regarding Tillaux fractures:
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Tillaux fracture is a Salter-Harris III fracture of the anterolateral distal tibial epiphysis; it oc...
The mechanism is external rotation of the foot on the fixed tibia; the anterior inferior tibiofibula...
Tillaux fracture is a Salter-Harris II fracture; it occurs in children aged 5-8 years; the physis cl...
Radiographic findings include a vertical fracture line through the anterolateral epiphysis on the AP...
Treatment: less than 2mm displacement can be treated with closed reduction (internal rotation maneuv...
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