Apophysitis describes a chronic traction injury at the insertion site of a tendon. There is a gradual onset of pain with no clear history of injury. Without adequate preventive methods, an avulsion ...

Reports of isolated avulsion fracture at the planter lateral base of the first metatarsal without injury of the tarsometatarsal joint are very rare. A 24 year old man sustained an avulsion fracture at ...

Causes of Talus Fracture . The talus is a very compact and hard bone. It takes a lot of energy for the talus to break. Talus fractures are seen in high-energy events like a car crash or a fall from a ...

Avulsion fractures are serious enough to go to the emergency room and as such, can require surgical intervention if serious enough. The cause of avulsion fractures is generally due to sporting ...

An avulsion fracture is a bone injury that occurs when a piece of bone that attaches to a tendon or ligament is pulled off the rest of the bone. Avulsion fractures can occur anywhere in the body, but ...

Medial epicondyle avulsion fracture. This is a type of elbow injury that happens most often in baseball players between the ages of 9 and 14 and can be caused by hard pitching.

According to published results, recombinant human growth hormone therapy was associated with increased risk for proximal tibial physeal avulsion fractures in pediatric patients. Samuel A. Beber ...

To evaluate the clinical outcomes of anatomic repair procedure for chronic anterior talofibular ligament (ATFL) injury at the talar side, and to compare the outcomes between patients with and without ...