Open reduction of central compression fractures of the tibial plateau. Preliminary report of a new method and device arrangement.
A new method of reduction and fixation of a uniformly depressed fracture of the tibial condyle is described. A curved steel probe, introduced through a cortical window in the uninjured condyle, is used to reduce the fracture fragments as well as to compact the fracture region (TV-monitored x-ray projectioning is desired). The instruments needed for the operative procedure are as follows: a probe for reduction and compaction, a tube and a plunger for deposition of bone transplants, and a forked plate. Five cases in which the curved probe reduction method has been used are reported.
D001858:Bone Nails; D001860:Bone Plates; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*