[Apophyseal injuries of the pelvis and tibia in adolescent athletes].

Pelvic and tibial avulsion fractures of the apophysis are typical though rare injuries of adolescent sportsmen. In apophyseal lesions of the pelvis, problems may arise in therapy rather than in diagnostics because treatment is conservative in most of the cases. In contrast, avulsion fractures of the tibial tuberosity usually require a surgical procedure. Among our own in-patient groups between 1980 and 1985, five injuries of the anterior inferior iliacal spina, one lesion of the ischial tuberosity, and five avulsion fractures of the tibial tuberosity were noted in adolescent sportsmen.