Association of Tibial Plateau Fracture Morphology With Ligament Disruption in the Context of Multiligament Knee Injury

As the grade of designation increases within the Schatzker and Duparc tibial plateau fracture classifications, as does the likelihood of MCL and PLC tear. The majority of tibial plateau fractures that occur in the context of MLKI are either isolated to the medial or lateral tibial plateau. Medial tibial plateau fractures are associated with PLC tears. Lateral tibial plateau fractures are associated with MCL tears, and although not statistically significant in our small sample size, 8 out of 9 knees also demonstrated a tear of the ACL.