IMPROVING THE OUTCOME OF TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURES BY ENHANCING SURGICAL SKILLS
Abstract:
Tibial plateau fractures affect several components of the knee, thus impairing the mobility, the
congruity and the stability of the joint. Due to these characteristics, thorough and complete anatomical
restoration is mandatory, so specific indications and therapeutical goals have been described for each
type of these fractures. Besides the theoretical recommendations from the literature, clinical experience
identifies practical problems which impair the results of surgery, important for daily practice, as well as
for the education of orthopaedic physicians. The need of developing the educational means in this field
has been identified by several methods, thus generating the idea of guided approaches as instructional
tools not only for improving the outcome after surgical treatment for these fractures, but also for
enhancing practical skills in orthopaedics. Based on retrospective analysis of cases in a Level 1 Trauma
Centre, these guides contribute to a better surgical training, as well as to early professional and social
reinsertion of the patients
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