Abstract
A survey of the recent literature indicates that many authors continue to report only slightly better than 50% satisfactory results with either closed or operative methods of treatment of this fracture. The failures of treatment are usually due to residual pain, stiffness, instability, deformity, recurrent effusions, and give-way episodes. Our own review of over 140 of these fractures treated by both closed and operative methods has shed considerable light on the reason for the failures (Schatzker et al. 1979).
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Schatzker, J. (1987). Fractures of the Tibial Plateau. In: The Rationale of Operative Fracture Care. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02483-6_16
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