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. 2023 Jun;143(6):3163-3172.
doi: 10.1007/s00402-022-04554-7. Epub 2022 Jul 30.

Lateral locking plate plus antero-posterior lag screws techniques for the management of posterolateral tibial plateau fracture: preliminary clinical results and biomechanical study

Weihang Gao #  1 , Xiangbei Qi #  2 , Ke Zhao  3 , Xiaobo Feng  4 , Yuehua Yang  3 , Ping Liu  5 , Dehao Fu  6
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Lateral locking plate plus antero-posterior lag screws techniques for the management of posterolateral tibial plateau fracture: preliminary clinical results and biomechanical study

Weihang Gao et al. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2023 Jun.

Abstract

Introduction: To date, there is no consensus on the optimal surgical strategy for the treatment of posterolateral tibial plateau fracture (PLF). This study introduced a novel, simple technique for treating PLF with a lateral locking plate plus antero-posterior lag screws (LPpLS).

Methods: We conducted a retrospective case series of 42 patients (Female/Male 19/23) with PLF treated with LPpLS between 1 July 2016 and 30 June 2019. Several pre- and postoperative outcomes were recorded, including operative time, intraoperative blood loss, CT findings, HSS, and ROM. For biomechanical studies, seventy synthetic tibiae with a simulated posterolateral split fracture were divided into seven groups. The biomechanical evaluation included displacement measurement at axial compression and fatigue testing.

Results: Forty-two eligible patients were followed up for an average of 18 months (range 14-21 months). Postoperative radiographs and CT showed good positioning of plates and screws, no fracture fragment loss, and normal articular surfaces in all 42 cases. The biomechanical study showed that the axial stiffness of LPpLS was in the same fashion as the posterior buttress plate and better than the other fixation methods (P < 0.05). Additionally, the LPpLS group had a smaller displacement of fracture fragments along the X-axis (medial to lateral direction) than the BP group (P < 0.01).

Conclusions: The LPpLS technique could implement good reconstruction of the PLF, showing satisfactory therapeutic effect. The biomechanical evaluation demonstrated that the LPpLS had better stability in three-dimensional directions for PLF than other fixation strategies.

Keywords: Biomechanical study; Fixation technique; Posterolateral plateau fracture; Tibial plateau fracture.

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