The Journal of foot and ankle surgery : official publication of the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons
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The authors describe the case of a 13-year-old male with a Salter-Harris II fracture-subluxation of the fibula. Open reduction and internal fixation with a posterior antiglide plate achieved mortise stability and avoided penetration of the fibular physis by fixation devices. After searching the Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Library databases, to our knowledge, there have been no published reports describing the advantages associated with the use of a posterior antiglide plate for fixation of the immature fibula.
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Case Reports
Compression peroneal nerve palsy causing isolated extensor hallucis longus dysfunction.
The authors describe a case of compression-induced peroneal nerve palsy with isolated extensor hallucis longus dysfunction that resulted in hallux lag without gross drop foot deformity. ⋯ 4.