Lower Limb Approaches
A 48-year-old man sustains a tibial plateau fracture with a posterolateral split-depression fragment following a motorcycle accident. CT scan confirms a posterolateral column fracture (Luo column classification) requiring direct posterior plating. The orthopaedic surgeon plans a posterolateral approach to the proximal tibia. Regarding the posterolateral approach to the tibia:
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The posterolateral approach uses the interval between the LATERAL HEAD OF GASTROCNEMIUS (tibial nerv...
The COMMON PERONEAL NERVE is the critical structure at risk; it winds around the FIBULAR NECK approx...
The posterolateral approach provides access to the ANTEROMEDIAL tibial plateau; the common peroneal ...
PATIENT POSITIONING is typically PRONE or LATERAL DECUBITUS with the affected side up; the incision ...
INDICATIONS include: posterolateral tibial plateau fractures (Luo posterolateral column), fibular he...
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