Mohsin Aijaz Soomro
Department of Orthopaedic, Suleman Roshan Medical Collage Tando Adam, PakistanPublications
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Research
The Prevalence of Soft Tissue Injuries in Operative Schatzker Type IV Tibial Plateau Fractures, Our Hospital Results
Author(s): Raheel Akbar Baloch, Niaz Hussain Keerio*, Muhammad Faraz Jokhio, Najeeb ur Rehman, Mohsin Aijaz Soomro, Ajmal Khan Silro and Syed Shahid Noor
Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of soft tissue injuries in patients with surgically treated Schatzker type IV tibial plateau fractures. Methodology: The data of adult patients that got surgical treatment of tibial plateau fracture from July 2019 to July 2021 reviewed from the medical records of orthopedic department of Liaquat University Hospital Hyderabad Pakistan. Orthopedic Trauma Association (OTA) classification was used to classify all the fracture types. According to Wahlquist classification, twenty six patients were classified with Schatzker type IV tibial plateau fractures. Soft tissue injuries included: meniscus injuries, anterior and posterior cruciate ligament injuries, medial and lateral collateral injuries. These soft tissue injuries were diagnosed through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and surgical operation notes. Fisher’s exa.. Read More»