Originally Posted by C-time
A tibial plateau fracture is different than a tibia fracture. The tibial plateau is in the upper part of the bone in the knee area. A tibia fracture would be further down in the main part of the bone.
It will take a while for either to heal but hopefully it is not a tibial plateau fracture since that is in the knee area.
To me I think it will be best to be patient and UD will release a more exacting diagnosis once they have it. CAG has already given more injury updates in a few months than Archie gave in years. Archie would have told us about Kostas injury about 3 weeks from now and said that it was a deep bone bruise and that Kostas is day to day.
Edit: Also it looks like that Zero Gravity treadmill that UD bought for Cunningham will be getting some more use.
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So a few things....
First a fracture and break are the same thing. Saying he broke his leg, cracked his leg, fractured his tibia, etc....same thing.
Second, A tibia plateau fracture is not different than a tibia fracture. It's simply a type of tibia fracture. There are many different 'types' of tibia fractures....a plateau (Google shatzker classification system), medial mal (ankle), posterior mal (ankle), pilon (bad ankle), metaphyseal fx (distal or proximal shaft fx), diaphyseal fx (mid shaft), etc. Depending on the severity and location of your tibia fracture, your age, mobility, etc., you could be treated either non-op in a cast, or surgically with plates, screws, a nail or even an external fixation device.
Your tibia plateau is simply the most proximal (highest) part of your tibia. Your proximal tibia and distal femur articulate to create your 'knee', with your patella protecting the joint (patella is your knee cap).
If he fractured his proximal medial tibial condyle as reported, but it's non-displaced, then it's a tibia plateau fracture as the fracture extends into the plateau (top of the tibia). Now, if it's simply non-displaced and there is no depression, then this is significantly better than if there is a depression. A depression means the proximal (top) of the tibia that articulates with the distal femur to create your knee joint has suffered damage (essentially fractured) and needs repaired.
If it's simply a medial condyle fx then that's much better news than a displaced fx with any sort of depression, as that would require surgery with plates and screws, and have a higher risk of long term knee problems.
