A proximal tibial physeal fracture can be associated with posterior displacement of the metaphyseal fragment and laceration of the popliteal artery that is tethered by the more distal tibial artery.
Reproduced with permission from: Rockwood and Wilkins' Fractures in Children, 8th ed, Flynn JM, Skaggs DL, Waters PM (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2015. Copyright © 2015 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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