Fourteen-Year-Old Male Football Player with Lesser Tuberosity Avulsion Fracture: Open Transosseous Equivalent Suture Repair: A Case Report.

Case: We report a case of a lesser tuberosity avulsion fracture in a 14-year-old adolescent boy who presented to Orthopaedic Urgent Care where he was promptly diagnosed after magnetic resonance imaging. The patient was successfully treated with an open transosseous equivalent suture repair 3 weeks after initial injury.
Conclusion: The purpose of this case report was to advance the understanding of these injuries, enable appropriate diagnosis and treatment, and optimize patient's shoulder outcomes and return to sport.
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