Citation

James SH, Carpenter EC, Fairclough JA. J. Bone Joint Surg. Br. 2007; 89(1): 109-111.

Affiliation

University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery)

DOI

10.1302/0301-620X.89B1.17945

PMID

17259427

Abstract

We present an unusual cause of anterior tibial pain in a 24-year-old professional international football player who was found to have a synostosis of the middle-third of the diaphysis of the tibia and fibula. This is a rarely described phenomenon. Conservative treatment is the recommended treatment of choice, but this failed in our patient. Resection produced resolution of symptoms; he remained symptom-free three years later.

Keywords: Soccer

Language: en