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The use of cast-bracing as treatment for fractures of the tibial plateau



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Abstract

A series of 29 patients with fractures of the tibial plateau were treated by means of a cast-brace. There were seven wedge fractures of the lateral tibial condyle, two dicondylar fractures and 20 compression fractures involving the lateral tibial plateau. The seven patients with wedge fractures were treated by skin or skeletal traction, followed as soon as possible by flexion exercises for the knee. Cast-braces were applied to all fractures as soon as possible after injury, and the patients allowed to bear weight freely. Early restoration of function of the injured limb was thereby achieved. The results of our study over a period of two and a half years indicate that cast-bracing is a very satisfactory method of treating fractures of the tibial plateau. All the fractures united, the movements and control of the knee were excellent, and valgus or varus deformity was unchanged before application and after removal of the brace.

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