Comparative Study of Function and Quality of Life in Patients with Fracture of the Tibial Plateau Operated with Locked or Conventional Plates.
Bruno Gonçalves Schröder E SouzaThiago Avelino LeiteTarsis Aparecido Bueno da SilvaCarlos Otavio Fabiano de Faria CandidoFelipe Freesz de AlmeidaValdeci Manoel de OliveiraPublished in: Revista brasileira de ortopedia (2019)
The costs of locked implants for the treatment of tibial plateau fractures are significantly higher than those of conventional implants, without any clinical, quality of life, radiological, or functional advantages of the locked implants demonstrated in the present series.