[Dislocation fracture of the head of the tibia. I. Results of surgical treatment].

Moore's classification of fracture dislocation of the tibial head gives us some clues of concomitant ligament injuries. We did a follow-up of 64 patients with fracture dislocations operated between 1982 and 1991. With these complex injuries we found overall unsatisfactory results regarding subjective and objective stability. We were able to correlate certain patterns of instability with specific Moore types. So a complete assessment of this complex knee-injury can be made from the X-ray and a stability check-up.