Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of the Isolated Tibial Lateral Plateau Posterior Fracture Using Direct Posterior Split Gastrocnemius Approach

Guzelali Ozdemir; Baris Yilmaz; Ahmet Oztermeli

doi:10.1155/2015/530578

Open Reduction and Internal Fixation of the Isolated Tibial Lateral Plateau Posterior Fracture Using Direct Posterior Split Gastrocnemius Approach

Case Rep Surg. 2015:2015:530578. doi: 10.1155/2015/530578. Epub 2015 Nov 12.

Authors

Guzelali Ozdemir¹, Baris Yilmaz¹, Ahmet Oztermeli¹

Affiliation

¹ Fatih Sultan Mehmet Research and Training Hospital, Orthopaedics and Traumatology Clinic, E5 Karayolu Uzeri Icerenkoy, Atasehir, 34752 Istanbul, Turkey.

Abstract

Open reduction and internal fixation of the isolated tibial lateral plateau posterior fractures using direct posterior split gastrocnemius approach is a safe and effective method.