Fracture of the tibial plateau is seen frequently in orthopedic trauma units
and pose major threats to the structure and function of the knee joint. Tibial plateau
fractures are complex injuries to treat due to their articular involvement and associated
disruption of ligamentous structures in the knee. For many years several discussion has
been done about the best treatment of tibial plateau fractures . A lot of orthopeadic
surgeons and researchers have analyzed functional and radiologic results for
nonoperative and surgical, treatments [1, 2]. Nevertheless the surgical treatment is
mandatory in the tibial platueau fracture associated with an acute compartment
syndrome or an acute vascular lesion and in open tibial plateau fracture.
Keywords: Articular fracture, Compartment syndrome, Epidemiology,
Mechanism injury, Plateau fracture.
