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ReviewMusculoskeletal surgery2018

A review of the management of tibial plateau fractures.

J Mthethwa, A Chikate

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Review in Musculoskeletal surgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

64 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. Does 3D-assisted surgery of tibial plateau fractures improve surgical and patient outcome? A systematic review of 1074 patients.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2022
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  4. Comparison Between Nailing and Plating in the Treatment of Distal Tibial Fractures: A Meta-Analysis.Scandinavian journal of surgery : SJS : official organ for the Finnish Surgical Society and the Scandinavian Surgical Society · 2021
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  5. Uniaxial versus polyaxial plating in tibial plateau fractures: a pilot prospective randomized controlled trial.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2025
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  17. Outcomes of autologous bone graftsWorld journal of orthopedics · 2025
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  18. Medical and Legal Risks in Tibial Plateau Fractures.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

J MthethwaGlasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow, G4 0SF, UK. jabulilemthethwa@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6051-5685
A ChikateGlasgow Royal Infirmary, 84 Castle Street, Glasgow, G4 0SF, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tibial plateau fractures form a wide spectrum of injuries presenting varying challenges to the trauma surgeon. The prognosis of this injury spectrum is largely dependent on the management of each particular configuration, and the literature is as a result littered with a number of management strategies with limited consensus. The aim of this review is to provide a concise guide to the trauma surgeon based on newer and classical peer-reviewed publications in international orthopaedic journals. A PubMed search was conducted to identify peer-reviewed publications within the last 10 years and expanded to identify classic papers pertaining to the Schatzker classification. The focus was on articles based on management techniques, controversies and recent developments. The management of specific injury patterns is based on the Schatzker classification which is a widely accepted traditional classification system. Whilst there is a general consensus on the ultimate goal of a stable anatomic reduction in this subset of fractures, there continues to be a number of controversies surrounding issues including pre-operative imaging, initial assessment and definitive management of specific injury patterns, some of which do not conform to the original Schatzker classification. The majority of fractures will require operative management, and with whatever management strategy employed, the main emphasis is on respecting the soft tissue envelope. There remains a paucity of prospective randomised controlled trials comparing the different available operative techniques.

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AdultAge DistributionCompartment SyndromesConservative TreatmentDisease ManagementFasciotomyFemaleFracture DislocationFracture FixationFractures, ComminutedHumansMaleMiddle AgedPeripheral Nerve InjuriesPeroneal NervePrognosisKnee fractureProximal tibia fractureReviewSchatzker classificationTibial plateau fractureTrauma

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PMID29043562

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