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===Treatment===
 
===Treatment===
1.'''Conservative Therapy'''
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'''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.
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2.'''Surgical Excision'''
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'''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
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