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Osgood-Schlatter Disease: Follow-up
Updated: Oct 12, 2007
Intervention
Surgical treatment is reserved for patients whose condition does not respond to conservative therapy. Surgical relief may also be necessary if the condition is painful.
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References
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Rosenberg ZS, Kawelblum M, Cheung YY, et al. Osgood-Schlatter lesion: fracture or tendinitis? Scintigraphic, CT, and MR imaging features. Radiology. Dec 1992;185(3):853-8. [Medline]. [Full Text].
Flowers MJ, Bhadreshwar DR. Tibial tuberosity excision for symptomatic Osgood-Schlatter disease. J Pediatr Orthop. May-Jun 1995;15(3):292-7. [Medline].
Lynch MC, Walsh HP. Tibia recurvatum as a complication of Osgood-Schlatter's disease: a report of two cases. J Pediatr Orthop. Jul-Aug 1991;11(4):543-4. [Medline].
Ozonoff MB. Tibial tuberosity avulsion (Osgood-Schlatter lesion). In: Pediatric Orthopedic Radiology. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders; 1992:365-8.
Visuri T, Pihlajamäki HK, Mattila VM, et al. Elongated patellae at the final stage of Osgood-Schlatter disease: a radiographic study. Knee. Jun 2007;14(3):198-203. [Medline].
Weiss JM, Jordan SS, Andersen JS, et al. Surgical Treatment of Unresolved Osgood-Schlatter Disease: Ossicle Resection With Tibial Tubercleplasty. J Pediatr Orthop. October/November 2007;27(7):844-7. [Medline].
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Keywords
Osgood-Schlatter lesion, tibial apophysitis, tibial tuberosity avulsion, tibial tuberosity osteochondrosis, knee pain in adolescents, knee pain in children, pediatric knee pain
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