Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 491-494 , September 2010

High Fibular Fracture in Association with Triplane Fracture: Reexamining This Unique Pediatric Fracture Pattern

  • Tanya J. Singleton, DPM

      Affiliations

    • Submitted during first year of residency at San Francisco Bay Area Foot & Ankle Residency Program, Oakland, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Tanya J. Singleton, DPM, Post Graduate Year 1, San Francisco Bay Area Foot & Ankle Residency Program, 280 W MacArthur Blvd, Oakland, CA 94611-5642.
  • ,
  • Matthew Cobb, DPM

      Affiliations

    • Private Practive, Albuquerque Associated Podiatrists, Albuquerque, NM

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 Conflict of Interest: None reported.

PII: S1067-2516(10)00230-9

doi: 10.1053/j.jfas.2010.06.001

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 491-494 , September 2010