The degree of articular depression as a predictor of soft-tissue injuries in tibial plateau fracture

Purpose Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides sufficient information with regard to specific soft-tissue injuries in the knee, but it is not generally used to evaluate acute tibial plateau fractures. The aim of the present study was to determine whether the amount of tibial plateau fracture depression on multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scans correlates with the incidence of associated soft-tissue injuries on MRI.