Open AccessOutcome of complex tibial plateau fractures treated with external fixator
Author(s) -
Sushil Mankar,
Anil Golhar,
Mayank Shukla,
Prashant S Badwaik,
Mohammad Faizan,
Sameer Kalkotwar
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.101041
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , percutaneous , external fixation , external fixator , reduction (mathematics) , arthrofibrosis , soft tissue , condyle , fixation (population genetics) , range of motion , tibia , knee joint , fluoroscopy , ankle , population , geometry , mathematics , environmental health
Tibial plateau fractures are usually associated with communition and soft tissue injury. Percutaneous treatment of these complex fractures is intended to reduce soft issue complications and postoperative stiffness of the knee joint. We assessed the complications, clinical outcome scores, and postoperative knee range of movements, after fluoroscopic assisted closed reduction and external fixator application.