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Anterior tibial stress fractures treated with anterior tension band plating in high‐performance athletes

Alexandre Santa Cruz, João Paris Buarque de Hollanda, Aires Duarte, José Soares Hungria Neto

Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy · 2013 · 21 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

Anterior tibial tension band plating leads to prompt fracture consolidation and is a good alternative for the treatment of anterior tibial cortex stress fractures. Bone grafts were shown to be unnecessary.

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