Knee - Tibial plateau fracture - AP
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Knee - Tibial plateau fracture - AP
- (Same patient as image below)
- This is a severely comminuted fracture of the tibial plateau with depression of a large fragment centrally
Knee - Tibial plateau fracture - Lateral
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Knee - Tibial plateau fracture - Lateral
- (Same patient as image above)
- The lateral image shows fracturing of the proximal tibia and a lipohaemarthrosis (fat and blood in the joint)
Knee - Tibial plateau fracture - Subtle - AP
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Knee - Tibial plateau fracture - Subtle - AP
- (Same patient as image below)
- Loss of integrity of the tibial plateau cortex is a serious injury even if the injury is more subtle - as in this case
Knee - Tibial plateau fracture - Subtle - Lateral
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Knee - Tibial plateau fracture - Subtle - Lateral
- (Same patient as image above)
- The lateral view does not show an obvious fracture
- As is often the case the presence of a lipohaemarthrosis is the most obvious sign of injury