title: [Tibial plateau fractures--indications for and results of surgical and of functional-conservative therapy].
abstract: 56 patients with fractures of the tibial plateau were treated at the surgical department of the Wilhelm-Pieck-University Rostock between 1980 and 1987. 18 of these underwent on operative treatment, 38 patients were treated nonoperatively. Using a clinical and radiological follow-up on 35 of these patients the results after operative and functional-conservative treatment are shown and the indications for the different methods are concluded.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Traumatologie, Klinik für Chirurgie, Bereichs Medizin der Wilhelm-Pieck-Universität Rostock.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rohrbeck
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Troeger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001863:Bone Screws; D001864:Bone Wires; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D000070600:Tibial Meniscus Injuries
vernacular_title: Tibiakopffrakturen--Indikationen und Ergebnisse operativer und funktionell-konservativer Therapie.