Tibial plateau fractures are rare, making up around 1% of all fracture injuries. Tibial plateau fractures usually result from severe trauma. But these fractures can also happen when you have ...

Tibial plateau fractures can cause swelling, pain, and, in severe cases, loss of mobility of the knee joint. The tibia, also known as the shin bone, is the main bone in the lower leg.

Tibial plateau is a critical load-bearing area on the upper surface of the tibia. Tibial plateau/bumper fracture occurs at the top of the shin bone and involves the cartilage area of the knee joint.

Regarding intra-articular proximal tibial fractures, 55% to 70% of them occur on the lateral plateau and 10% to 30% are bicondylar with open fractures comprising 1% to 3% of these fractures.

There are a few different types of broken bones, or fractures. One kind is a comminuted fracture. This injury happens when your bone breaks into three or more pieces. Find out how doctors diagnose ...

Results Five tibial plateau fractures and three pilon fractures were treated using internal fixation and an in situ curing calcium sulfate–based injectable material. All eight fractures were ...

Disclosures BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2013;14 (120) Background Fractures of the tibial plateau are severe injuries, accounting for 5–8% of all fractures of the lower leg.

A tibial plateau fracture, the injury suffered Sunday night by Texans defensive end J.J. Watt, occurs when the ends of two leg bones knock together, with the round end of the thigh bone acting ...

An extra-articular proximal tibial segmental bone defect model was established in all specimens by templating cut lines on the synthetic bone at 70 mm and 90 mm from the medial tibial plateau to ...

Methods The two reconstruction techniques were tested using a porcine model (n = 40). Fracture was simulated using a defined osteotomy of the lateral tibial plateau. Load-to-failure and multiple ...