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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 139-143 |
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Tibial spine avulsions. Treatment by arthroscopic suture fixation
Manish Kumar1, Anjani Kumar2, Jaya Sharma3, Saurabh Kumar4, Pankaj Kumar Singh4
1 Associate professor, Orhopaedics, IGIMS, Patna, India
2 Assistant professor, Internal Medicine, AIIMS, Patna, India
3 Medical Officer, Add PHC Masaurhi, Patna, India
4 Senior Resident, Orthopedics, IGIMS, Patna, India
Correspondence Address:
Manish Kumar
Associate Professor Dept. of Orthopedics, IGIMS
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
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Introduction : Tibial spine avulsions are intra-articular fractures .There is avulsion of ACL insertion on the tibial plateau and it behaves like a torn ACL.[1],[2] It was first described by Poncet in 1875.The treatment modality has undergone a great change since then. Arthroscopic fixation is taking place of nonoperative treatment.[3]
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