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Table 2 Surgical details of the 54 cases of high-energy tibial plateau fractures

From: Functional and radiological evaluations of high-energy tibial plateau fractures treated with double-buttress plate fixation

Details

Number (%)

Average time to surgery

10.4 days (rang: 1-19 days)

Preoperative preparation

Traction: 19 (35.2); bridging external fixator or brace: 30 (55.6); emergency operation: 5 (9.3)

Mean operation time (minutes)

158.4 (100-270)

Bone graft

Autograft: 37 (64.8); Allograft: 0

Meniscus repair or excised

Yes: 19 (35.2); no: 35 (64.8)

ACL inertion fixation

Yes: 6 (11.1); no: 48 (88.9)

Lateral implant

4.5-T-shaped: 20 (37.0); 4.5-L-shaped: 13 (24.1); 3.5-LCDCP: 21 (38.9)

Medial implant

3.5-LCDCP: 12 (22.2); 4.5-T-shaped: 25 (46.3); 4.5-L-shaped: 17 (31.5)

Postoperative management

Early exercise 34 (63.0); Traction: 7 (12.9); external brace: 13 (24.1)