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Challenges in Sports Medicine and Orthopedics

In treating pediatic patients, there is a greater amount of acceptable angulation the closer a fracture is to the end of bone.


 

Dr Patterson, editor of “Challenges in Sports Medicine and Orthopedics,” is a sports medicine physician at Florida Sports Injury in Clermont, Florida. Dr Patterson is board certified in family medicine and spinal cord injury medicine, and is a member of the faculty of sports and exercise medicine of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.





A 5-year-old boy presented to the ED after sustaining an injury to his left leg during play with a friend. He was unable to bear weight on the left foot and had a visible deformity to his lower extremity. The left foot was neurovascularly intact. Radiographs were completed (Figures 1 and 2).

What is your interpretation of the following radiographs?

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