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===Treatment===

===Treatment===

1.'''Conservative Therapy'''

'''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.

2.'''Surgical Excision'''

'''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