<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nikolaou, Vassilios S</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tan, Hiang Boon</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Haidukewych, George</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kanakaris, Nikolaos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Giannoudis, Peter V</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Proximal tibial fractures: early experience using polyaxial locking-plate technology.</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Int Orthop</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Int Orthop</style></alt-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Activities of Daily Living</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adolescent</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bone Plates</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bone Transplantation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fracture Fixation, Internal</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fracture Healing</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Knee Joint</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pain</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Prosthesis Design</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Range of Motion, Articular</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Recovery of Function</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tibial Fractures</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trauma Centers</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trauma Severity Indices</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Young Adult</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2011 Aug</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">35</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1215-21</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Between 2004 and 2009, 60 patients with proximal tibial fractures were included in this prospective study. All fractures were treated with the polyaxial locked-plate fixation system (DePuy, Warsaw, IN, USA). Clinical and radiographic data, including fracture pattern, changes in alignment, local and systemic complications, hardware failure and fracture union were analysed. The mean follow-up was 14 (12-36) months. According to the Orthopaedic Trauma Association (OTA) classification, there were five 41-A, 28 41-B and 27 41-C fractures. Fractures were treated percutaneously in 30% of cases. Double-plating was used in 11 cases. All but three fractures progressed to union at a mean of 3.2 (2.5-5) months. There was no evidence of varus collapse as a result of polyaxial screw failure. No plate fractured, and no screw cut out was noted. There was one case of lateral joint collapse (&gt;10°) in a patient with open bicondylar plateau fracture. The mean Knee Society Score at the time of final follow-up was 91 points, and the mean functional score was 89 points. The polyaxial locking-plate system provided stable fixation of extra-articular and intra-articular proximal tibial fractures and good functional outcomes with a low complication rate.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">8</style></issue><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21107983?dopt=Abstract</style></custom1></record></records></xml>