Tibial plateau fracture causes

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Rohan A. Bhimani, M.B.B.S., D.N.B., M.Ch.[2]

Overview

The most common cause of tibial plateau fracture is trauma in form of motor vehicle accident and sports injury.

Causes

The most common cause of tibial plateau fracture is trauma in form of motor vehicle accident and sports injury.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

There are no life-threatening causes of tibial plateau fracture, however complications resulting from tibial plateau fracture is common.

Common causes of tibial plateau fracture may include:

Less common causes of tibial plateau fracture include conditions that predisposes to fracture:

Cardiovascular	No underlying causes
Chemical/Poisoning	No underlying causes
Dental	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect	No underlying causes
Ear Nose Throat	No underlying causes
Endocrine	No underlying causes
Environmental	No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic	No underlying causes
Genetic	No underlying causes
Hematologic	No underlying causes
Iatrogenic	No underlying causes
Infectious Disease	No underlying causes
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic	Osteoporosis and osteopenia.
Neurologic	No underlying causes
Nutritional/Metabolic	Osteoporosis and osteopenia.
Obstetric/Gynecologic	No underlying causes
Oncologic	No underlying causes
Ophthalmologic	No underlying causes
Overdose/Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	No underlying causes
Renal/Electrolyte	No underlying causes
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy	No underlying causes
Sexual	No underlying causes
Trauma	Fall on an outstretched hand.
Urologic	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	No underlying causes

List the causes of the disease in alphabetical order:

References

↑ Azar, Frederick (2017). Campbell’s operative orthopaedics. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier. ISBN 9780323433808.
↑ Ramponi DR, McSwigan T (2018). “Tibial Plateau Fractures”. Adv Emerg Nurs J. 40 (3): 155–161. doi:10.1097/TME.0000000000000194. PMID 30059369.
↑ Rockwood, Charles (2010). Rockwood and Green’s fractures in adults. Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. ISBN 9781605476773.
↑ Singleton N, Sahakian V, Muir D (2017). “Outcome After Tibial Plateau Fracture: How Important Is Restoration of Articular Congruity?”. J Orthop Trauma. 31 (3): 158–163. doi:10.1097/BOT.0000000000000762. PMID 27984441.
↑ Dubina AG, Paryavi E, Manson TT, Allmon C, O’Toole RV (2017). “Surgical site infection in tibial plateau fractures with ipsilateral compartment syndrome”. Injury. 48 (2): 495–500. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2016.10.017. PMID 27914662.

Overview