Is traumatic meniscal lesion associated with acute fracture morphology changes of tibia plateau? A series of arthroscopic analysis of 67 patients

Table 2 Meniscus physiopathology according to unicondylar and bicondylar tibial plateau fractures

Meniscus physiopathology	Unicondylar TPF, n = 42, incidence	Bicondylar TPF, n = 25, incidence	P value
Lateral	16 (38.9%)	7 (28.0%)	0.4
Medial	1 (2.4%)	2 (8.0%)	0.28
Combined	3 (7.1%)	1 (4.0%)	0.57
Location
Anterior horner	4 (9.5%)	2 (8.0%)	0.83
Mid body	11 (26.2%)	7 (28.0%)	0.87
Posterior horner	8 (19.0%)	2 (8.0%)	0.22
Zone
White-white	16 (38.9%)	5 (20.0%)	0.12
Red-white	7 (16.7%)	1 (4.0%)	0.12
Red-red	0	5 (20.0%)	0.01
Tear pattern
Oblique tear, parrot beak	13(31.0%)	5 (20.0%)	0.32
Longitude tear, bucket handle	0	4 (16.0%)	0.01
Radical tear, transverse	1 (2.4%)	0	0.44
Complex tear	5 (11.9%)	1 (4.0%)	0.27

Horizontal cleavage tears were not seen in both groups. Complex tear means two or more tear patterns or lateral combined simultaneous medical tears. TPF: Tibial plateau fracture.