Abstract
PURPOSE: The primary aim of the present study was to compare basic characteristics of patients requiring early treatment with TKR and patients not requiring TKR within 3 years following a lateral tibial plateau fracture.
METHODS: Comparative cohort study. From December 2013 to November 2016, 56 patients were included. Five patients required a TKR within the first 3 years. We compared the basic characteristics (age, gender, BMI, comorbidity, osteoporosis, fracture classification, soft tissue injuries and trauma mechanism) between patients.
RESULTS: Comparing baseline characteristics of the two groups of patients shows a higher rate of females (56.4% vs 80%), a higher BMI (25.9 vs 29.9), a higher rate of patients with diabetes (8% vs 20%), a higher rate of the fracture type AO 41-B1 (8% vs 80%) and a higher rate of soft tissue injuries (46% vs 100%). Age, smoking status and preoperative maximum joint depression were comparable between the two groups.
CONCLUSIONS: Female gender, severe comorbidity, obesity, osteopenia, fracture type AO 41-B and soft tissue injuries were associated to early total knee replacements following surgically treated lateral tibial plateau fractures.
Original language | English |
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Journal | European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 6 |
Pages (from-to) | 1097–1103 |
Number of pages | 7 |
ISSN | 1633-8065 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2022 |
Bibliographical note
© 2021. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag France SAS, part of Springer Nature.Keywords
- Cohort study
- Knee osteoarthritis
- Tibia plateau fracture
- Total knee replacement