Marginal fractures of the medial tibial plateau: possible association with medial meniscal root tear
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- 29 March 2006
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Springer Nature in Skeletal Radiology
- Vol. 36 (1) , 73-76
Abstract
We report two cases of marginal fractures of the medial tibial plateau associated with medial meniscal root tears. Both patients sustained knee dislocations, with complete tears of the posterior horn medial meniscal root. One sustained a “reverse Segond fracture”; the other sustained an “anteromedial impingement fracture” of the tibial plateau. The meniscal root tears were arthroscopically confirmed and repaired. In the first patient, the integrity of the meniscal root repair was confirmed at a 6-month follow-up arthroscopy for lysis of adhesions. In the second patient, follow-up MRI at 10 months demonstrated a healed meniscal root. The association of medial meniscal root tear with marginal fractures of the medial tibial plateau has not been previously reported.Keywords
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