Classification of Tibial and Fibular Fractures

Abstract

Proximal tibial fractures were first described by Sir Astley Cooper in 1825. Since the early attempt at classifying tibial plateau fractures by Muller in 1990, there have been ~10 classification systems of proximal tibial and fibular fractures proposed by researchers; among them, the Schatzker classification is the most commonly cited system, followed by the AO/OTA classification according to our 5-year literature review.