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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0026-1742</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de la Facultad de Medicina (México)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Fac. Med. (Méx.)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0026-1742</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Facultad de Medicina]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0026-17422015000600018</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Avulsión de la tuberosidad tibial: reporte de un caso y revisión de la literatura]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Tibial tubercle avulsion: a case report and literature review]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Orihuela Fuchs]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Víctor Alfredo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Fernández Palomo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis Justino]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Peláez Damy]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Médico ABC  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Campus Santa Fe México, DF.]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Médico ABC  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Campus Santa Fe México, DF.]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2015</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>58</volume>
<numero>6</numero>
<fpage>18</fpage>
<lpage>23</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0026-17422015000600018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0026-17422015000600018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0026-17422015000600018&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen La fractura por avulsión de la tuberosidad tibial es una patología poco común. Es una lesión característica de la infancia, con afección directa a la fisis, que amerita un diagnóstico oportuno y un tratamiento óptimo a fin de evitar complicaciones en el crecimiento, la mayoría de ellas graves. La reducción abierta y fijación interna ha probado ser un tratamiento adecuado en la mayoría de este tipo de lesiones; sin embargo, el procedimiento quirúrgico es un riesgo agregado al daño de la lesión per se. Con un adecuado tratamiento y rehabilitación la lesión tiende a una evolución por lo general satisfactoria. Tomando en cuenta la baja incidencia de esta patología, en el siguiente artículo reportamos el caso de un paciente de 13 años con avulsión de tuberosidad tibial tipo III de Watson-Jones, el abordaje diagnóstico-terapéutico y el éxito obtenido a 2 años de seguimiento; asimismo, realizamos una revisión de la literatura.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Tibial tubercle avulsion is an uncommon disease, usually found during childhood, with direct physis affection, that needs an accurate diagnosis and an optimum treatment in order to avoid growth complications which could have disastrous consequences for the child. Open reduction and internal fixation has been reported as an adequate treatment in most of these injuries; nevertheless, surgery increases the risk upon the injury itself. With an appropriate treatment and rehabilitation this injury tends to have a satisfactory evolution. Considering the low incidence of this pathology, a case report of a 13-year-old boy with a Watson-Jones type III avulsion, a diagnostic-therapeutic approach and the successful evolution for a two-years follow up is described, as well as a literature review.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Tuberosidad tibial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[avulsión]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[fractura tibial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[epífisis proximal tibial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Tibial tubercle]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[avulsion]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[tibial fracture]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[tibial proximal epiphysis]]></kwd>
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