Table 1.
Posterolateral fragment characteristics in tibial plateau fractures
| Study | Year | Sample size | Fracture pattern | Presence of fibular head fracture; no. of cases (%) | Ratio of posterolateral fragments surface area to total plateau | Cortical split length (mm) | Articular depression depth (mm) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average in total | With fibular head fracture | Without fibular head fracture | Average in total | With fibular head fracture | Without fibular head fracture | ||||||
| Chang et al. [2] | 2009 | 8 | All isolated | 4 (50 %) | - | 28, range 24–35 | 30.3 | 9 | 10.5, range 8–15 | 12 | 9 |
| Yu et al. [3] | 2012 | 15 | All isolated | 4 (26.7 %) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Zhai et al. [1] | 2013 | 71 | Isolated 24; combined 47 | 13 (18.2 %) | 22.63 ± 7.85 % | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Xiang et al. [4] | 2013 | 36 | Isolated 7; combined 29 | 9 (25 %) | 14.3 ± 6.3 %, range 8–32 % | 29 ± 7, range 18–42 | - | - | 10.5 ± 5.2, range 2–19 | - | - |
| Solomon et al. [5] | 2013 | 16 | Not mentioned | Not mentioned | - | - | - | - | 16.1, range 7.5–30 | - | - |