ABSTRACT
Objective To compare the efficacy between arthroscopic assisted reduction and traditional opera-tion approach for the treatment of tibial plateau fractures.Methods 75 patients with tibial plateau fracture(SchatzkerⅠ -Ⅳ type)were recruited,which were randomly divided into the arthroscopic and traditional operation group according to different treatment methods.The clinical efficacy and value of arthroscopically assisted reduction was ana-lyzed and compared according to the incidence of postoperative complications,the operative time,incision length,blood loss,hospital stay,and clinical efficacy between the two groups.Results Compared with the data in the traditional operation group,the incidence of postoperative complications (2.70% vs.21.3%)was significantly lower(χ2 =5.980,P =0.014).The operative time[(88.1 ±15.2)min vs.(103.8 ±22.1)min]was significantly shorter(t =3.575,P =0.001).And the incision length[(6.7 ±2.3)cm vs.(10.8 ±2.7)cm)]declined greatly(t =5.745,P =0.000).The hospital stay time and blood loss were significantly lower than that of the traditional operation group[(4.5 ± 2.3)d vs.(6.5 ±3.1)d;(145.2 ±43.0)mL vs.(294.4 ±90.2)mL,respectively],and the differences were statisti-cally significant(t =3.166,P =0.003;t =7.829,P =0.000,respectively).The excellent rate of clinical features in arthroscopic group(86.49%)was higher than that of traditional operation group(71.05%),and the difference was statistically significant(χ2 =3.723,P =0.039).Conclusion Arthroscopic -assisted reduction has many features for the tibial plateau fractures (SchatzkerⅠ -Ⅳ type),such as lower incidence of postoperative complications,less trau-ma,shorter operative time,and better postoperative knee function and so on,so it is worthy of clinical application.