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Functional Outcome of Surgical Management of Tibial Plateau Fractures: A Study in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Received: 8 November 2020    Accepted: 13 January 2021    Published: 30 January 2021
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Background: Tibial plateau fractures are serious injuries resulting frequently in functional impairment. Low and high-energy tibial plateau fractures usually result from axial loading in combination with valgus stress forces, present a variety of soft tissue and bony injuries that can produce permanent disabilities. Since there are various modalities for fixation of these fractures with satisfactory results, but there is no general consensus as to which modality is the best in terms of functional outcome and proving the superiority of one over the other. Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to evaluate the functional outcome of surgical management of tibial plateau fractures. Methods: It was a prospective observational study and it was conducted in the Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, TMSS Medical College, Bogura, Bangladesh during the period from January 2018 to December 2018. The total of cases included in the study was 56 in number. More than 20 years old patients of both sexes with tibial plateau fractures attended to the mentioned hospital during the first six months of the study were selected as the study population. All simple or Gustilo Anderson Grade I fractures of tibial plateau presenting in patients requiring open or closed reduction and internal fixation to restore the articular anatomy were finalized for this study. Result: In this study among total 56 participants 37 were male which was 66.07% and 19 were female which was 33.93%. On the other hand in this study we found satisfactory outcome in 50 patients which was 89.29% and not satisfactory in 6 patients which was 10.71% among all the participants. Final end result as per Rasmussen’s criteria was excellent in 34 (60.71%), good in 9 (16.07%), fair in 7 (12.50%) and poor in 6 (10.71%) patients. Conclusion: In this study we found satisfactory outcome in 50 patients which was 89.29% and not satisfactory in 6 patients which was 10.71% among all the participants. These findings may be helpful for the future researchers for any further research in the same issue.

Published in American Journal of Biomedical and Life Sciences (Volume 9, Issue 1)
DOI 10.11648/j.ajbls.20210901.17
Page(s) 53-57
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Keywords

Tibial Plateau Fractures, Axial, Gustilo Anderson Grade, Schatzker Classification

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  • Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, TMSS Medical College, Bogura, Bangladesh

  • Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, TMSS Medical College, Bogura, Bangladesh

  • Department of Ortho Surgery, Shaheed Ziaur Rahman Medical College, Bogura, Bangladesh

  • Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology, TMSS Medical College, Bogura, Bangladesh

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