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Evaluation and Treatment of Intra-articular Fractures
Benjamin Maxson, DOFlorida Orthopaedic InstituteOrthopaedic Trauma Service
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Disclosures
• Nothing to disclose
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Articular Fractures: Overview
• Require increased suspicion in evaluation• Goal of management is to minimize damage the articular
surface• While bone tissue will repair, hyaline articular cartilage does
not regenerate• Initial insult is often responsible for sequela seen months
and years later, but this is poorly understood• Anatomic reconstruction with stable fixation is required for
best possible outcome
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Hyaline Cartilage: Basic Science Review
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Hyaline Cartilage
• Avascular• No innervation• Diffusion from synovial fluid for
nutrition and oxygen• High proportion of anaerobic
metabolism
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Hyaline Cartilage
• Cushion/Shock absorber
• Ultra-low friction surface, lubricated by synovial fluid
• No synthetic material ever developed can replicate
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Composition of Hyaline Cartilage
• Chondrocytes• The only cellular
component, very small percentage of total volume
• Highly metabolically active
• Synthesize ECM
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Composition of Hyaline Cartilage
• Extra-cellular matrix• Type II Collagen• Proteoglycans• HA• Glycosaminoglycans
• Water• 80% of in vivo weight of
cartilage
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Mechanisms of Articular Injury
• Axial Load
• Traction or Rotatory Force
• Combined Mechanism
• Crush injury
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Mechanisms of Injury• Highly variable
• High Energy• Motor vehicle accidents• Falls from height
• Low Energy• Ground level fall• Twisting injury with or
without fall
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Physical Exam Findings
• Joint Effusion
• Inability to bear weight
• Difficulty ranging the joint
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Basic Guidelines for Advanced Imaging
• Obvious fracture, with deformity, or instability• Defer advanced imaging to orthopedic surgeon
• Unsure if there is a fracture• CT scan is useful
• MRI• Almost never indicated acutely
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Basic Guidelines for Initial Management
• Immobilization
• Avoid weight bearing
• Ensure adequate imaging• With any long bone fracture, obtain imaging of the joint
above and below
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How Urgent is Surgical Evaluation?
• Articular fractures should be evaluated by an orthpedic surgeon within the first few days of injury
• Urgent Evaluation• Unstable fractures• Progressive swelling• Uncontrolled pain
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Goals of Treatment, Articular Fractures
• Nonoperative Management• Maintain reduction
• Avoid weight bearing
• Allow motion, when possible
• Prevent displacement
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Goals of Treatment, Articular Fractures
• Operative Management• Anatomic realignment of joint surface
• Stable fixation to allow primary bone healing
• Early motion of the joint to allow cartilage nutrition
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Postoperative Management
• Encourage gentle range of motion
• Avoid weight bearing until fracture is healed
• PT/OT to guide recovery and appropriate motion, strengthening when healed
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Expectations for Recovery
• Degree of joint damage and comminution plays a role
• Quality and stabilty of reconstruction plays a role
• Upper Extremity tends to do better than Lower Extremity
• Tibial Plateau tends to do well
• Pilon fractures tend to do poorly
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Articular Fractures: Post Traumatic Arthritis
• Well documented but poorly understood mechanism of progressive joint damage
• Biomechanical and cellular mechanisms play role in degeneration, beyond the initial physical damage sustained
• Little research done, when compared to osteoarthritis and rheumatic arthritis
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Summary
• Identifying the articular injury is the first step
• Stable anatomic reconstruction for displaced fractures
• Prevent displacement for stable non-displaced fractures treated nonoperatively
• Joint range of motion to promote synovial fluid nutrition to chondrocytes
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