Fourteen-Year-Old Male Football Player with Lesser Tuberosity Avulsion Fracture: Open Transosseous Equivalent Suture Repair: A Case Report

JBJS Case Connect. 2024 Oct 31;14(4). doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.24.00204. eCollection 2024 Oct 1.

Abstract

Case: We report a case of a lesser tuberosity avulsion fracture in a 14-year-old adolescent boy who presented to Orthopaedic Urgent Care where he was promptly diagnosed after magnetic resonance imaging. The patient was successfully treated with an open transosseous equivalent suture repair 3 weeks after initial injury.

Conclusion: The purpose of this case report was to advance the understanding of these injuries, enable appropriate diagnosis and treatment, and optimize patient's shoulder outcomes and return to sport.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Football / injuries
  • Fractures, Avulsion* / diagnostic imaging
  • Fractures, Avulsion* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Shoulder Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Shoulder Fractures / surgery
  • Suture Techniques