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. 2013 Mar;21(2):109-15.
doi: 10.1590/S1413-78522013000200008.

Epidemiological study on tibial plateau fractures at a level I trauma center

Rodrigo Pires E Albuquerque  1 , Rafael Hara  1 , Juliano Prado  1 , Leonardo Schiavo  1 , Vincenzo Giordano  1 , Ney Pecegueiro do Amaral  1
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Epidemiological study on tibial plateau fractures at a level I trauma center

Rodrigo Pires E Albuquerque et al. Acta Ortop Bras. 2013 Mar.

Abstract

Objectives: To review the epidemiological aspects of fractures of the tibial plateau in a level one hospital.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 239 tibial plateau fractures treated surgically. We took into account age, gender, trauma mechanism, classification of the injuries, associated injuries and affected side.

Results: 168 were male, the fifth decade has been the most affected, the mechanism of trauma, car accident was the main causal fator, 128 cases were on the left side and 22,6% had associated injuries.

Conclusions: Most patients were male, in the fifth decade of life, and victim of traffic accidents, and the depression and shear fractures of the tibial plateau are the most frequent. Associated lesions were infrequent in our study. Level of Evidence II, Prognostic Studies. Investigating the Effect of a Patient Characteristic on the Outcome of Disease.

Keywords: Knee injuries; Knee joint; Tibial Fractures/epidemiology.

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Conflict of interest statement

All the authors declare that there is no potential conflict of interest referring to this article.

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Figure 1. Relative distribution in ascending order of lesion mechanisms in the whole sample.
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Figure 2. Frequency distribution by age range.
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