Fracture of the Entire Posterior Talar Process in an Adolescent Boy: A Case Report.

Case Report: Fractures of the talus in adolescents are uncommon and usually involve the talar body or neck. We report a rare fracture of the entire posterior talar process in a 14-year-old boy who fell during skateboarding. He was managed with open reduction and fixation with a headless screw.

Neglected Rupture of the Patellar Tendon After Fixation of Tibial Tubercle Avulsion in an Adolescent Male Managed With Ipsilateral Semitendinosus Autograft Reconstruction.

The combination of a tibial tubercle fracture with patellar tendon avulsion in adolescents is an extremely rare injury that needs to be managed properly. Herein, we report the case of a 15-year-old boy who presented to our department two months after sustaining a tibial tubercle fracture that had been managed with mini-open reduction and internal fixation in another hospital; he had restricted range of motion and complete inability to extend his knee. Clinical and radiological investigations revealed a neglected avulsion of the patellar tendon with marked scarring and severe retraction.

Intramedullary nailing of humeral diaphyseal fractures. Is distal locking really necessary?

Purpose: Distal interlocking is regarded as an inherent part of the antegrade humeral nailing technique, but it exposes both the patient and surgeon to radiation, is time consuming, and has a potential risk of damaging neurovascular structures. We have presented our technique of diaphyseal humeral nailing without any distal interlocking in this paper.

Materials And Methods: We have presented a series of 64 consecutive patients (33 male and 31 female, mean age: 41.