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Table 2 Fracture line angle (FLA) of different Schatzker types of tibial plateau fractures

From: The morphological features of different Schatzker types of tibial plateau fractures: a three-dimensional computed tomography study

Schatzker type

FLA (Ā°)

Type I

Ā 

ā€ƒSingle anterolateral fracture (SALF)

145.92ā€‰Ā±ā€‰16.06

ā€ƒSingle posterolateral fracture (SPLF)

208.87ā€‰Ā±ā€‰6.85

ā€ƒAnterolateral part of complex fracture (CF)

149.59ā€‰Ā±ā€‰9.33

ā€ƒPosterolateral part of CF

248.80ā€‰Ā±ā€‰11.53

Type II

Ā 

ā€ƒSALF

149.66ā€‰Ā±ā€‰13.17

ā€ƒSPLF

235.79ā€‰Ā±ā€‰19.85

ā€ƒAnterolateral part of CF

127.41ā€‰Ā±ā€‰16.51

ā€ƒPosterolateral part of CF

231.62ā€‰Ā±ā€‰14.71

Type IV

Ā 

ā€ƒSingle posteromedial fracture (SPMF)

293.27ā€‰Ā±ā€‰26.76

ā€ƒSingle anteromedial fracture (SAMF)

409.66ā€‰Ā±ā€‰17.24

ā€ƒWhole medial fracture (WMF)

341.10ā€‰Ā±ā€‰16.34