Posterior Circumferential Support in Tibial Plateau Fractures

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https://doi.org/10.15417/issn.1852-7434.2021.86.2.1018

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Tibial fractures, tibial plateau, internal fixation, posteromedial approach

Abstract

Surgical techniques commonly used today for tibial plateau fractures do not properly contemplate multiplanar bone comminution nor the presence of posterior bone fragments. We have faced this problem when treating a patient with a Schatzker VI type fracture, in which the commonly used osteosynthesis was supplemented with a posterior horizontal circumferential plate. Bone consolidation and good results were achieved in the short term in the case we present. From the analysis of the cited literature, we concluded that several techniques for containing posterior tibial plateau bone comminution have been developed. Among them, circumferential osteosynthesis is a technique to take into account.

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Author Biographies

  • Franco Luis De Cicco, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Orthopedics and Traumatology Institute“Carlos E. Ottolenghi”, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

    Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Orthopedics and Traumatology Institute“Carlos E. Ottolenghi”, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

  • Jonathan Maximiliano Verbner, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Orthopedics and Traumatology Institute“Carlos E. Ottolenghi”, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

    Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Orthopedics and Traumatology Institute“Carlos E. Ottolenghi”, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

  • Mariano O. Abrego, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Orthopedics and Traumatology Institute“Carlos E. Ottolenghi”, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

    Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Orthopedics and Traumatology Institute“Carlos E. Ottolenghi”, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

  • Danilo Roger Taype, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Orthopedics and Traumatology Institute“Carlos E. Ottolenghi”, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

    Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Orthopedics and Traumatology Institute“Carlos E. Ottolenghi”, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

  • Guido Sebastián Carabelli, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Orthopedics and Traumatology Institute“Carlos E. Ottolenghi”, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

    Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Orthopedics and Traumatology Institute“Carlos E. Ottolenghi”, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

  • Jorge Daniel Barla, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Orthopedics and Traumatology Institute“Carlos E. Ottolenghi”, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

    Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Orthopedics and Traumatology Institute“Carlos E. Ottolenghi”, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

  • Carlos Federico Sancineto, Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Orthopedics and Traumatology Institute“Carlos E. Ottolenghi”, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

    Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Orthopedics and Traumatology Institute“Carlos E. Ottolenghi”, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

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2021-04-14

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Posterior Circumferential Support in Tibial Plateau Fractures. (2021). Revista de la Asociación Argentina de Ortopedia Y Traumatología, 86(2), 219-227. https://doi.org/10.15417/issn.1852-7434.2021.86.2.1018

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