Unusual tennis injuries: boxer’s fracture and medial subtalar dislocation: report of two cases
O. Şahap Atik, Hakan Dur
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Medical Faculty of Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
Keywords: Boxers’ fracture; injury; subtalar dislocation; tennis.
Abstract
In this article, we describe two cases of unusual tennis injuries. One of them was a 48-year-old elite tennis player. He had boxer’s fracture due to fall during a tennis match. The other one was a 22-year-old beginner tennis player. He had talonavicular and subtalar dislocations due to fall during tennis match caused by shoes inappropriate for tennis. Patients were treated conservatively without any complications.