Physeal Injury Case Presentations · No systemic injuries Sustained a right distal tibia fracture...
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Physeal Injury Case Presentations
Children’s Mercy Hospital
Kansas City, MO
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Case 1
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• 14 y 6 mo old high school freshman sustained injury to left knee when tackled playing football
• Otherwise healthy
• Physical Exam:
• Skin intact
• Palpable pulses distally
• Normal neurological exam in left lower extremity
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• Closed reduction was done in the ER on the night of injury
• No change in neurological or vascular exam post reduction
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• Taken to OR the following day for closed reduction and transphysealpercutaneous pinning
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One week post op
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Six weeks post injury
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• Scheduled to be seen again 3 months post injury…
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Case 2
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8 yr 0 mo female hit by a
car as she
was crossing the street
No systemic injuries
Sustained a right distal
tibia fracture and an injury
to the right knee
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Underwent
closed reduction
and perc pinning
of the distal
femoral physeal
injury the next
morning, along
with closed
reduction and
casting
of the tibia
fracture
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Two weeks post-op
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Six weeks
post injury at
the time of pin
removal
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2 months
post
injury
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6 months post
injury
Has full active
ROM of her right
knee and
roughly symmetric
leg lengths
Xrays of the knee
are concerning for
development of a
physeal bar
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8 mm X 14
mm
central bar
identified
on the MRI
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Case 3
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• 8 y 6 mo old male injured ankle while jumping on trampoline
• Otherwise healthy
• Physical exam
• Skin intact
• DP & PT pulses palpable
• Motor and sensation intact
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• He underwent closed reduction and splinting in the ED on the night of injury
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• Taken to OR the day after injury for closed reduction and percutaneous fixation of medial malleolus fracture
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• 1 month post op
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• 4 months post op
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• 9 months s/p injury and fixation
• Harris growth arrest line noted
• No deformity present on physical exam
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• 15 months s/p injury and fixation
• No deficits or deformity noted
• Very involved in sports
• Harris growth arrest line noted to be further from physis
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• 4 years s/p injury and fixation
• Doing well with no limitations
• Few degrees of hindfoot varus, however this is asymptomatic
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• Currently 13 years and 8 months old.
• Remains active and asymptomatic and will return for follow up as needed
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Case 4
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• 11 y 5 mo female sustained L ankle injury while jumping on trampoline
• Presented to her local urgent care center and placed in posterior splint
• Presented to CMH 5 days later for further evaluation
• Neurovascular examination unremarkable
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Bone age between 12-13 years of age
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• Taken to OR next day for ORIF medial malleolus and closed reduction and perc pinning of distal fibula
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3 weeks post op
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6 weeks post op
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Case 5
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12 y 5 mo
male
From Amish
family
injured in an
altercation
with a horse
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Syndesmotic tightrope
buttons
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Distal tibial physis
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Case 6
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• 12 y 11 mo old injured while being tackled playing football 9/30/2017
• Otherwise healthy
• Injury closed but with skin tenting
• Neurovascular exam intact
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• Underwent closed reduction in ER on the night of injury
• Placed in an AO splint
• Subsequently discharged home for follow up later that week
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Xrays 5 days post injury
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• CT scan done 11 days post injury
• Showed malreduction of physis with a loose fragment of bone in between the Thurston-Holland fragment and the intact portion of the distal tibialmetaphysis
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Anterior view Posterior view
At 11 days post-injury,
thought too swollen to
operate on safely
Examination under
anesthesia showed tibia
fracture could not be
moved
Decided to treat
definitely in short leg
bivalved cast
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Case 7
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12 y 5 mo old injured
R ankle while
playing soccer
Otherwise healthy
Physical Exam:
Skin intact
Neurovascularly
intact
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• Closed reduction and casting in the ER the night of the of the injury
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• Seen in clinic one week post-injury
• Radiographs demonstrate 10̊ of valgus
• After discussion with family, decided to treat non-operatively with close monitoring
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• One month post-injury
• Transitioned to a short leg waterproof weight-bearing cast at this time
• Overall, doing well
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• 3 months post-injury
• Ambulating in regular shoes with no pain
• Radiographs demonstrate valgus of 5̊ now
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• 6 months post-injury
• Currently back to playing soccer and reports no pain
• Radiographs demonstrate improved valgus alignment, also with apparent asymmetric closure of distal tibial growth plate
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• Due to return in 2 months with weightbearingxrays of ankle and a hand film for bone age
• Likely to have completion epiphyseodesis if deformity is right distal tibia/fibula
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Case 8
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• 6 y 10 mo male injured left leg while an adult fell on his leg at a trampoline park in Omaha, Nebraska!
• Otherwise healthy
• Physical exam:
• No wounds
• Able to straight leg raise
• Motor, sensation, and vascular exam unremarkable
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• Splinted in Nebraska and brought to CMH ER the following day
• Casted in the ED and admitted to observation for compartment checks
• Discharged home 24 hours later with no complications
• Follow-up in one week
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One week post injury
Mild discomfort but
easily managed
Neurovascular exam
intact
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• 6 weeks post-injury, doing well
• Taken out of cast and allowed to be weight-bearing as tolerated
• Family headed to Mexico for Spring Break
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3 months post injury
Mom is concerned that he is
still limping and soccer
season is starting
He has started physical
therapy-this is continued and
he is scheduled for follow up
in 3-4 months
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• 10 months post-injury
• Mom still notices a slight limp, but reports no pain and able to keep up with sports / activities
• Physical exam shows hyperextension on the left
• Radiographs demonstrate a partial physeal arrest
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• 7 y 7 mo old at this time
• 1.5 cm sq anterolateral bridge in the proximal tibial physis
• Remaining physisappears healthy
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• 7 y 7 mo old at this time
• 1.5 cm sq anterolateral bridge in the proximal tibial physis
• Remaining physisappears healthy
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Needle localization done under anesthesia in
CT suite
Then patient brought
to OR for drilling and
excision of physeal
bar
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Physeal bar is drilled over threaded guide pin,
then excised with a currette
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• Now 8 y 2 mo old
• 5 months post-op
• Physical Exam:
• Slight leg length discrepancy
• Hyperextends to 15 degrees, improved from preoperatively
• Sent for CT
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CT scan
shows
elongating
bar
anteriorly
and laterally
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Now 8 y 6 mo of age
1 year, 8 mo post injury
10 months post bar excision
No worsening of extension and
valgus deformity, but no correction
either
Walking and running without pain
No worsening of leg length
discrepancy
Plan for follow up in 3-4 months
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Returns a year
later
9 y 6 mo of age
Seen elsewhere,
and another
physeal bar
excision
and a medial
epiphyseodesis
was performed
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Case 9
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14 y 5 mo
male
Injured at
football
practice
when
tackled
and fell on
dominant
right hand
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Underwent closed
reduction and
casting in the ER
on the night of
injury
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6 weeks post
reduction and
casting. Out of
all
immobilization.
No pain.
Follow up?
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Case 10
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• 13y 2 mo old premenarchal female injured her knee at softball after a collision with a teammate
• X-rays were obtained and no fracture was appreciated
• Continued to have pain and underwent MRI which showed MCL tear as well as edema
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• She was eventually seen in the CMH sports medicine clinic 12 days after injury
• It was determined she had SH 2 injury
• Taken to OR the next day for closed vs open reduction and possible pinning
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• In the OR, the proximal tibial physis gapped medially when valgus stress applied
• It did reduce with varusstressing, but would return to valgus deformity when the force was removed
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• It was decided that percutaneous pinning was necessary
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• 2 weeks post op
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• 1 month post op
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• 2 months post op
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3 months post op, returns to softball and other sports activities, at one year had not developed further deformity due to advanced skeletal age