Open AccessResults of a modified posterolateral approach for the isolated posterolateral tibial plateau fracture
Author(s) -
Guanyi Liu,
Bai-ping Xiao,
Congfeng Luo,
Yunqiang Zhuang,
Rong-ming Xu,
Weihu Ma
Publication year - 2016
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 - 10.4103/0019-5413.177578
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , neurovascular bundle , range of motion , radiography , tibial plateau fracture , common peroneal nerve , reduction (mathematics) , internal fixation , fixation (population genetics) , dissection (medical) , population , geometry , environmental health , mathematics
There are few posterolateral approaches that do not require the common peroneal nerve (CPN) dissection. With the nerve exposure, it would pose a great challenge and sometimes iatrogenic damage over the surgical course. The purpose was to present a case series of patients with posterolateral tibial plateau fractures treated by direct exposure and plate fixation through a modified posterolateral approach without exposing the common peroneal nerve (CPN).