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===Treatment===
===Treatment===
'''Conservative Therapy'''
:Advantages: no anaesthetic risk and low costs
:Advantages: no anaesthetic risk and low costs
:Disadvantages: prolonged box-rest (2 months) and heavy protective bandages or plaster casting
:Disadvantages: prolonged box-rest (2 months) and heavy protective bandages or plaster casting
:Early return to exercise can result in excessive callus formation or a repeat fracture.
:Early return to exercise can result in excessive callus formation or a repeat fracture.
'''Surgical Excision'''
:Advantages: simple procedure with shorter recover period, no risk of excessive callus affecting the function of the suspensory ligament
:Advantages: simple procedure with shorter recover period, no risk of excessive callus affecting the function of the suspensory ligament
:Disadvantages: anaesthetic risk and greater costs
:Disadvantages: anaesthetic risk and greater costs