Are there four tibial plateau columns? Yes there are, as illustrated by a postero-lateral apple-bite fracture. Response to a letter-to-the-editor

Matthias Krause^{1

2}, Leif Menzdorf¹, Achim Preiss¹, Karl-Heinz Frosch^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery with Division of Knee and Shoulder Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Asklepios Clinic St. Georg, Lohmuehlenstr. 5, 20099, Hamburg, Germany.
² Fracture Committee of the German Knee Society, Hamburg, Germany.
³ Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery with Division of Knee and Shoulder Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Asklepios Clinic St. Georg, Lohmuehlenstr. 5, 20099, Hamburg, Germany. khfrosch@me.com.
⁴ Fracture Committee of the German Knee Society, Hamburg, Germany. khfrosch@me.com.

Comment

Matthias Krause et al. Int Orthop. 2018 Feb.

. 2018 Feb;42(2):443-446.

doi: 10.1007/s00264-017-3686-9. Epub 2017 Dec 7.

Matthias Krause^{1

2}, Leif Menzdorf¹, Achim Preiss¹, Karl-Heinz Frosch^{3

4}

¹ Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery with Division of Knee and Shoulder Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Asklepios Clinic St. Georg, Lohmuehlenstr. 5, 20099, Hamburg, Germany.
² Fracture Committee of the German Knee Society, Hamburg, Germany.
³ Department of Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery with Division of Knee and Shoulder Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Asklepios Clinic St. Georg, Lohmuehlenstr. 5, 20099, Hamburg, Germany. khfrosch@me.com.
⁴ Fracture Committee of the German Knee Society, Hamburg, Germany. khfrosch@me.com.

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Comment on

Are there four tibia plateau columns?
Hoekstra H. Hoekstra H. Int Orthop. 2017 Dec;41(12):2631-2632. doi: 10.1007/s00264-017-3602-3. Epub 2017 Aug 21. Int Orthop. 2017. PMID: 28828538 No abstract available.