Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Human growth hormone therapy was associated with increased risk for proximal tibial physeal avulsion fractures.

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, ...

FRACTURES of the tibial spines, like all the less common fractures, receive so little attention in medical literature that even the specialists lose contact with the trends of treatment. It seems ...

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 the ...

An avulsion fracture happens when a tendon or ligament pulls a small fragment of bone from the main bone. These fractures usually occur near joints, such as in the fingers, hips, feet, and ankles.

A tibial shaft fracture is an injury that occurs to the tibia, which is one of the long bones of the leg. The femur, humerus, and the fibula are the long bones of the lower limb. The femur is the bone ...

My wife recently sustained a tibial plateau fracture while skiing. Can you tell us more about these injuries? Tibial plateau fractures are common ski injuries. On a given winter weekend of taking ...

Tibial plateau fractures are rare, making up around 1% of all fracture injuries. Tibial plateau fractures usually result from severe trauma. But these fractures can also happen when you have weakened ...