Abstract:Fifty percent of tibial plateau fractures occur in adult older than 50 years old, with 8-24 % of those occurring in elderly patients. The gold standard treatment for these fractures in young patients is open reduction and internal fi xation (ORIF). However, because of poor bone quality, soft tissue impairment, and complications related to immobilization, ORIF in the elderly are associated to a high complication rate. For this reason, some authors proposed early total knee arthroplasty (TKA) to treat tibial pla… Show more
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