Lower limb stress fractures in sport: Optimising their management and outcome

Figure 1 The management of an anterior tibial diaphyseal stress fracture. A: Pre-operative lateral radiograph; B: Post-operative lateral radiograph.

Figure 2 The management of a postero-medial tibial diaphyseal stress fracture. Diagnostic lateral radiograph.

Figure 3 The management of a minimally-displaced tension sided femoral neck stress fracture. A: Pre-operative antero-posterior radiograph; B: Post-operative antero-posterior radiograph.

Figure 4 The management of an undisplaced compression sided femoral neck stress fracture. A: Diagnostic antero-posterior radiograph; B: Diagnostic T1 sequence coronal-plane magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) view; C: Diagnostic short tau inversion recovery sequence coronal-plane MRI view.

Figure 5 The management of an undisplaced completed medial malleolar stress fracture. A: Pre-operative antero-posterior radiograph; B: Intra-operative antero-posterior radiograph.