Case: A 40-year-old man presented with limited in range of motion, pain, and tenderness over the medial joint line after an open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) because of a bicondylar tibial plateau fracture (TPF). The cause of his pain was inconclusive on Magnetic Resonance Image (MRI), so arthroscopy was performed and identified an incarcerated medial meniscus at the fracture site. An osteotomy with medial joint elevation was performed followed by a meniscus release, with excellent results at the 1-year follow-up.
Conclusion: To our knowledge, this is the first case reporting a trapped/incarcerated meniscus in a healed TPF after ORIF.
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