Patellar graft for late disability following tibial plateau fractures.

Patellar autografting as a primary procedure for depressed fractures of the lateral tibial plateau has been well discussed (Wilson and Jacobs, 1965). Three cases are documented in which this technique has been used as a salvage operation for late disability following severely comminuted fractures of one medial and two lateral tibial plateaux. All three patients had undergone previous attempts (one operative and two conservative) to reconstitute the depression in the proximal articular surface of the tibia.