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Title of Journal: Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc
Abbravation: Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI
10.1016/1359-6446(96)89042-8
ISSN
1433-7347
Few reports have described avulsion fractures of the posterior root of the medial meniscus in skeletally immature patients This lesion should not be overlooked as it damages the load absorptive distributive function of the meniscus increasing the risk of cartilage degeneration Two cases of displaced avulsion fractures of the posterior root of the medial meniscus in children are presented along with a concise report of the literature regarding avulsion fractures of the posterior root of the medial meniscus Both avulsions were reattached arthroscopically by transtibial pullout sutures with a good clinical result at 2years followup and in one case the avulsion was found at rearthroscopy after 6 weeks to have healed