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Intercondylar Eminence Fracture Wheeless
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Description: - one of most common knee injuries in children;
- most common in children between ages of 8-14 yrs;
- usually result from avulsions of anterior intercondylar eminence from pull of ACL;
- fragment of tibial spine may be non displaced, or displaced;
- even w/ complete frx, partial ACL injury may occur w/ this injury;
- frx of posterior intercondylar eminence are rare and usually occur in skeletally mature patients.
- disruption of PCL can also be found in this injury
Type: Reference Material
Author/Contact: C.R.Wheeless
Institution: Duke
Primary Subject/Category:
- - OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Fractures: Knee Fractures: Tibial Spine Fractures
- - OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Fractures: Tibia Fibula Fractures: Tibial Spine Fractures
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Added: Mon Feb 04 2002
Last Modified: Sun Jul 04 2010