Effect of BMI on outcomes of surgical treatment for tibial plateau fractures: A comparative retrospective case series study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Tibia plateau fracture (TPF) treatment aims at achieving a stable, aligned, mobile, painless knee and preventing post-traumatic osteoarthritis. To achieve this goal, surgeons consider criteria such as patients' characteristics, severity, risk of complications, fracture displacement/depression, degree of soft tissue injury. However, body mass index (BMI) is not considered as a risk factor in literature. Our study was conducted to find out any possible correlation between BMI and functional scores or radiological score separately.

Methods

Retrospective analysis of case series between 2011 and 2014 was done on the database of a tertiary hospital in Istanbul. There were 67 TPF patients (54 males, 13 females) in the study. Relationship between BMI and functional knee scor

SUBMITTER: Dincel YM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5911733 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature