ArticleEuropean journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society2023
Changing patterns in the epidemiology of tibial plateau fractures: a 10-year review at a level-I trauma center.
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- Medical and Legal Risks in Tibial Plateau Fractures.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Location of lateral tibial plateau fractures relative to the posterolateral complex predicts the need for extension of lateral approaches: A retrospective observational study.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2025Observational
- Diagnostic performance of ChatGPT in tibial plateau fracture in knee X-ray.Emergency radiology · 2025Article
- Lack of standardisation in the management of complex tibial plateau fractures: a multicentre experience.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2024Article
- [Application of reverse traction device in preoperative treatment of high-energy tibial plateau fracture].Zhongguo xiu fu chong jian wai ke za zhi = Zhongguo xiufu chongjian waike zazhi = Chinese journal of reparative and reconstructive surgery · 2024Article
- Patient-Reported Outcomes following Tibial Plateau Fractures: Mid- to Short-Term Implications for Knee Function and Activity Level.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- [Intra-articular proximal tibia fractures].Unfallchirurgie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023Article
- Mismatch between Clinical-Functional and Radiological Outcome in Tibial Plateau Fractures: A Retrospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- High Prevalence of Persistent Measurable Postoperative Knee Joint Laxity in Patients with Tibial Plateau Fractures Treated by Open Reduction and Internal Fixation (ORIF).Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Extension of the Medial Approach to the Tibial Plateau via an Osteotomy of the Tibial Insertion of the Superficial Medial Collateral Ligament.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeMobility patterns of western societies have been changing due to ongoing demographic change. Therefore, continuously updated epidemiological data on fracture morphology and treatment strategies are needed.
methodsThis retrospective single-center study included all tibial plateau fractures (TPF) between January 2011 and December 2020 in a level-I trauma center in Central Europe. Epidemiology, trauma mechanism and fracture morphology were analyzed. Age- and sex-specific differences regarding fracture classification (Schatzker, AO/OTA, Moore) and changes during the study period are highlighted.
resultsA total of 607 patients (55.2% women, 44.8% men, mean age 52.9 years (± 17.9)) were included in the study, 462 (76.1%) thereof having undergone surgical treatment. Over the decade, an increase in mean age (+ 7.4 years; p = 0.10), incidence (+ 68%; p < 0.05) and low-energy trauma was observed, with the highest peak in elderly women. Within classifications, AO/OTA 41-B3 (24.9%), Schatzker II (26.8%) and Moore V (46.6%) fractures were the most common.
conclusionIncidence (+ 68%), mean age and fractures with signs of knee dislocation of tibial plateau fracture increased over the last decade and low-energy trauma mechanism are more frequent. As the increase in incidence is mainly seen in older women, the comorbidities and need for immediate postoperative full weight-bearing have to be considered in treatment strategies.
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