What is a Tibial Plateau / Bumper Fracture? A tibial plateau/bumper fracture occurs at the top of the shin bone and involves the cartilage area of the knee joint. Fractures of the tibial plateau ...

A tibial plateau fracture is a break at the top of the tibia bone in the shin, which is often due to high energy trauma. Tibial plateau fractures can cause swelling, pain, and, in severe cases, loss ...

Historically, poor results were obtained in complex tibial plateau fractures with both conservative treatment and the first osteosynthesis techniques. The treatment has been changed with new ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Tibial plateau fracture is a rare complication of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty. The fracture almost always ...

A minimally invasive technique using two parallel tension screws was first introduced by Schatzker et al. in 1979. [15] Since then, minimally invasive arthroscopically-assisted procedures have become ...

My wife recently sustained a tibial plateau fracture while skiing. Can you tell us more about these injuries? Tibial plateau fractures are common ski injuries. On a given winter weekend of taking ...

Q: A friend of mine fell skiing and you had to surgically fix their tibial plateau fracture. What sort of fracture is this and are these common injuries? I see tibial plateau fractures fairly ...

Background This study described a novel, minimally invasive reconstruction technique of lateral tibial plateau fractures using a three-screw jail technique and compared it to a conventional two-screw ...

A tibial plateau fracture refers to a break or crack in the top of the shin bone at the knee. It involves the cartilage surface of the knee joint. This joint helps support your body weight, and when ...

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 weakened ...