A rare presentation of tibial eminence avulsion fracture in adult

Dr. Mohamed Sayed Ahmed Yousef

tibial eminence, pediatric population, ACL.

Tibial spine fracture are uncommon injuries in the pediatric population however they are rare in the adults. The treatment of the tibial spine fracture can be open or arthroscopic fixation for displaced fragments or casting. Treatment depends on the displacement degree. The paper presents the clinical history, surgical technique, pre-and postoperative images of a 37 years old female with tibial eminence avulsion fracture. The CT and MRI results show that the patient has a separation of the tibial attachment, which an arthroscopic surgical fixation performed on the patient using Hewson suture passer technique

Received:03 Jun 2021; Received in revised form: 26 Jun 2021; Accepted: 06 Jul 2021; Available online: 17 Jul 2021

10.22161/ijaers.87.21