High Incidence of Soft Tissue Injury in Pediatric Proximal Tibia Fractures: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to describe the incidence of soft tissue injuries associated with pediatric proximal tibial fractures (PPTF) and the frequency that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used before surgery in this patient population.

Methods

A systematic review of English literature, using EMBASE and PubMed, was completed. Articles reporting on soft tissue injury in PPTFs between 1980 and 2021 were identified. Associated pathology (meniscal tear, meniscal entrapment, cruciate ligament injury, extensor mechanism injury, and chondral injury) and use of MRI at time of diagnosis, were assessed in these studies. Twenty-three articles were included.

Results

Extraction of data revealed 1046 patients and 1057 fractures, with a mean age of 12.3 ± 1.7 at th

SUBMITTER: Sanders E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10415616 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature