J Korean Orthop Assoc.  1975 Mar;10(1):17-24. 10.4055/jkoa.1975.10.1.17.

A Clinical Study of Fracture of the Tibial Condyle

• Kim KH
• Kim SJ
• Oh SH
• Choi HS
• Yang JW

• KMID: 2471440
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4055/jkoa.1975.10.1.17

Abstract

This is to present 13 cases of tibial condylar fracture which were treated at the Hanyang University hospital for 2 years from July 1972 to July 1974. The results of clinical study were obtained as follows: 1) The causes of injury were mostly traffic accident (70%), falling (23%) and direct blow (7%). 2) There were 12 males and 1 female in the series. Age span was generally from 20-30 years. 3) Among 13 cases of the tibial condylar fractures, 8 being lateral, 3 bicondylar and 2 medial. also 4 being split type, 4 compression type and 5 split-compression type. 4) As the associated soft tissue injuries, one of ruptured lateral collateral ligament was detected and one of torn medial meniscus was discovered. 5) Three cases were treated by means of closed reduction and 10 underwent open reduction. 6) In most cases, cast immobilisation for about 6 weeks was done and then encouraged knee joint exercise. 7) The Clinical end results were devided to acceptable 10 (77%) and unacceptable were 3 23%) respectively.

MeSH Terms

Accidental Falls
Accidents, Traffic
Clinical Study*
Female
Humans
Knee Joint
Lateral Ligament, Ankle
Male
Menisci, Tibial
Soft Tissue Injuries

Figure

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  Fig. 1. a: Tangential to the tibial crest. b: Tangential to the prox. tibial articular surface. c: Perpendicular to the tibial crest line.

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  Fig. 2. Tibial-plateau view

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  第3圖. Split type 千匘匄 匘㟸㢨 㷨㷠 㟼⤼ 㹴協

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  第4 園. Compression type 千匘匄 匘㟸㢨 㷨㷠 㟼⤼ 㹴協 第

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  第5 圖. Split-Compression typ e㢨 㷨㷠 㟼⤼ 㹴協

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