Tibial tubercle transfer surgery offers good results in the right patients In an interview with Orthopedics Today's Chief Medical Editor, John P. Fulkerson, MD, offers his ‘pearls’ for optimal ...

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The trial involved 501 US adults who underwent surgery for a tibial fracture at 43 North American academic trauma centers between October 2008 and September 2012.

Gordon H Guyatt et al. Re-evaluation of low intensity pulsed ultrasound in treatment of tibial fractures (TRUST): randomized clinical trial. The BMJ, October 2016 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i5351 X L Griffin.

As youth engagement in high-energy sports surges, so does the prevalence of sport-related injuries. Among them, tibial tubercle avulsion fractures (TTAFs) represent a small but serious subset ...

Disclosures BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2013;14 (120) Background Fractures of the tibial plateau are severe injuries, accounting for 5–8% of all fractures of the lower leg.

A schematic illustrates the relationship between tibial tubercle fracture and the vascular system. The proximal tibia is in close proximity to the popliteal artery which adds the possibility of ...

As youth engagement in high-energy sports surges, so does the prevalence of sport-related injuries. Among them, tibial tubercle avulsion fractures (TTAFs) represent a small but serious subset ...