Adult Traumatic Heel Pad Avulsion Repair with Polydioxanone Suture, Sterile Buttons, and Wound Vac-Assisted Closure: A Case Report.

Case: A 28-year-old woman with no medical history involved in a motor vehicle collision presented with deformity of the right leg and traumatic right heel pad avulsion. Radiographs demonstrated a right foot mid-tarsal fracture-dislocation, open cuboid, closed right tibia, and segmental fibula fractures. The heel pad was repaired using polydioxanone suture in a quilted technique with sterile buttons.

Treatment of Open Traumatic Medial Malleolus Bone Loss With Osteochondral Allograft: A Case Report.

Osteochondral damage to the ankle joint can be a difficult problem to manage in a young active patient. There are several described surgical treatments ranging from cartilage repair techniques to arthrodesis and ankle replacement. In this case, we present a 28-year-old male who sustained a right type IIIA open medial malleolus fracture following an all-terrain vehicle crash.

The Use a Prophylactic Intramedullary Tibial Nail for a Stress Fracture in a High-Level Athlete.

Introduction: Mid-diaphyseal anterior tibial stress fractures can be debilitating injuries. They have been described occurring in athletes due to repetitive lower extremity trauma. The purpose of our study was to highlight a case of an athlete sustaining a tibial stress fracture with multiple cortical defects.

Postlaminectomy kyphosis in an achondroplastic adolescent treated for spinal stenosis.

We report a case of a skeletally immature achondroplastic adolescent with significant thoracolumbar lordosis who presented with neurogenic claudication and urinary incontinence progressing over a 1-year period. She underwent decompressive lumbar laminectomy from T12 to L5 with preservation of the facet joints. Over the ensuing 4 years of follow-up, she developed a progressive thoracolumbar kyphosis that progressed to 105 degrees.