Unusual osteochondral fracture of the second metatarsal head in a paediatric patient treated with bioabsorbable pin
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Hafiz Muhammad Umer; Raghuram Thonse; Hafiz Javaid Iqbal
- Source
- BMJ Case Rep
- Subject
- Orthodontics
Male
030222 orthopedics
Adolescent
Intra-Articular Fractures
business.industry
Case Report
030229 sport sciences
General Medicine
03 medical and health sciences
Fracture Fixation, Internal
0302 clinical medicine
Absorbable Implants
Medicine
Humans
Metatarsal head
Implant
business
Foot Injuries
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Osteochondral fracture
Metatarsal Bones
Paediatric patients
Fixation (histology)
- Language
- ISSN
- 1757-790X
Osteochondral second metatarsal head fractures are rare. Various management options have been described in the published literature. We used bioabsorbable pin (Activa Pin) system for our case of second metatarsal head fracture. This method not only achieves good compressive fixation, it also eliminates the risk of implant-related issues such as implant irritation. To our knowledge, no such paediatric case managed with this technique has been published in the literature.