PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results of the treatment of Schatzker type V and VI tibial plateau fractures using a midline longitudinal incision and dual-plate fixation. MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten patients with Schatzker type V and VI tibial plateau fractures treated with a midline longitudinal incision and dual plating were analyzed. The patients were followed for a mi...

A series of 29 patients with fractures of the tibial plateau were treated by means of a cast-brace. There were seven wedge fractures of the lateral tibial condyle, two dicondylar fractures and 20 compression fractures involving the lateral tibial plateau. The seven patients with wedge fractures were treated by skin or skeletal traction, followed as soon as possible by flexion exercises for the ...

BACKGROUND Tibial plateau fractures can be successfully fixed utilizing 3.5 mm locking plates. However, there are some disadvantages to using these plates. OBJECTIVES In the current prospective study, we investigated the outcome of treating different types of tibial plateau fractures with 3.5 mm simple plates which, to our knowledge, has not been evaluated in previous studies. MATERIALS AND...

OBJECTIVE We evaluated the results of patients who were treated with Ilizarov hybrid external fixator for type IIIB open tibial fractures. MATERIALS AND METHODS 35 Gustilo grade IIIB tibial fractures of age between 18 to 42 years (22 male and 13 female) in which 12 distal fourth tibia (D/4) of C1.1 (6), C1.3 (6), 12 upper fourth Tibia (U/4) of A2 (8) and A3 (4) according to AO classification ...

BACKGROUND The aim of the study was to evaluate the relation between demographic, injury-related, clinical and radiological factors of patients with tibial plateau fractures and the development of acute compartment syndrome. METHODS All consecutive adult patients with intra-articular tibial plateau fractures admitted in our urban academic medical centre between January 2005 and December 2009 ...

Schatzker type IV medial tibial plateau fractures have an unfavorable prognosis, likely due to the mechanism of injury (fracture-dislocation/subluxation type) and possibly due to the involvement of the posterolateral plateau, which is different from previously thought. The aim of this study was to propose a new subclassification of Schatzker type IV fracture patterns based on 2-dimensional (2-D...

BACKGROUND Lateral column tibial plateau fracture fixation with a locking screw plate has higher mechanical stability than other fixation methods. The objectives of the present study were to introduce two newly designed locking anatomic plates for lateral tibial plateau fracture and to demonstrate their characteristics of the fixation complexes under the axial loads. METHODS Three different 3...

OBJECTIVE To compare the plateau-patella angle method to the methods already established for patellar height measurement in patients undergoing high tibial osteotomy. METHODS This is a retrospective study of 13 patients undergoing medial opening tibial osteotomy. The patellar height was measured in pre and post-operative radiographs by the methods from Insall-Salvati, Caton-Deschamps, Blackbu...