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  • Title: Treatment of complicated tibial plateau fractures with dual plating via a 2-incision technique.
    Author: Zhang Y, Fan DG, Ma BA, Sun SG.
    Journal: Orthopedics; 2012 Mar 07; 35(3):e359-64. PubMed ID: 22385447.
    Abstract:
    The operative treatment of complicated bicondylar fractures of the tibial plateau remains a challenge to most surgeons. This retrospective study was designed to evaluate the clinical and radiological outcomes of dual plating via a 2-incision technique for the repair of complicated bicondylar tibial plateau fractures. A series of consecutive patients with bicondylar tibial plateau fractures treated by open reduction and internal fixation with a double buttress plate or a combination of locking plate and buttress plate via a 2-incision technique between March 2004 and March 2008 were retrospectively analyzed. Radiological and clinical results and complications of the 2 different fixation methods were compared. Seventy-nine patients matching the criteria of this study were followed up for at least 24 months. All of the fractures healed, with 3 cases of deep infection, 7 cases of secondary loss of reduction, 3 cases of secondary loss of alignment, and 10 cases of knee instability. At 24-month follow-up, mean Hospital for Special Surgery scores were 77.8±9.4 and 79.0±7.9 in the double buttress plate group and combination group, respectively. No significant differences in clinical or radiographic outcomes were found between the 2 groups, except that the combination group needed less bone graft. Dual plating with 2 incisions provided good exposition for the reduction and fixation of complicated bicondylar tibial plateau fractures. Using a combination of locking plate and buttress plate reduced the amount of bone graft compared with the double buttress plate technique.
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