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  • Further reading
    1. Buckley R, Moran C, Apivatthakakul T. AO Principles of Fracture Management. 3rd ed. Stuttgart New York: Thieme; 2017.
    2. Gautier E, Sommer C. Guidelines for the clinical application of the LCP. Injury. 2003 Nov;34 Suppl 2:B63–76.
    3. Gustilo RB, Anderson JT. Prevention of infection in the treatment of one thousand and twenty-five open fractures of long bones: retrospective and prospective analyses. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1976 Jun;58(4):453–458.
    4. Gustilo RB, Mendoza RM, Williams DN. Problems in the management of type III (severe) open fractures: a new classification of type III open fractures. J Trauma. 1984 Aug;24(8):742–746.
    5. Gustilo RB, Merkow RL, Templeman D. The management of open fractures. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1990 Feb;72(2):299–304.
    6. Kfuri M, Schatzker J. Revisiting the Schatzker classification of tibial plateau fractures. Injury. 2018 Dec;49(12):2252–2263.
    7. Luo CF, Sun H, Zhang B, et al. Three-column fixation for complex tibial plateau fractures. J Orthop Trauma. 2010 Nov;24(11):683–692.
    8. Marsh JL, Slongo TF, Agel J, et al. Fracture and dislocation classification compendium — 2007: Orthopaedic Trauma Association classification, database and outcomes committee. J Orthop Trauma. 2007 Nov–Dec;21(10 Suppl):S1–133.
    9. Matthews SJ, Nikolaou VS, Giannoudis PV. Innovations in osteosynthesis and fracture care. Injury. 2008 Aug;39(8):827–838.
    10. Meinberg EG, Agel J, Roberts CS, et al. Fracture and Dislocation Classification Compendium-2018. J Orthop Trauma. 2018 Jan;32 Suppl 1:S1–s170.
    11. Miclau T, Martin RE. The evolution of modern plate osteosynthesis. Injury. 1997;28 Suppl 1:A3–6.
    12. Müller M, Allgöwer M, Schneider R, et al. Manual of Internal Fixation. 2nd ed. Berlin Heidelberg New York: Springer Verlag; 1970.
    13. Müller ME, Allgöwer M, Schneider R, et al. Manual of Internal Fixation: techniques recommended by the AO-ASIF Group. 3rd ed. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag; 1991.
    14. Müller ME, Nazarian S, Koch P, et al. Classification AO des fractures. 1: Les os longs [AO Fracture Classification. 1 Long bones]. Berlin: Springer-Verlag; 1987.
    15. Müller ME, Nazarian S, Koch P, et al. The comprehensive classification of fractures of long bones. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag; 1990.
    16. Orozco Delclós R, Sales JM, Videla M. Atlas of internal fixation: fractures of long bones; classification, statistical analysis, technique, radiology. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag; 2000.
    17. Perren SM. Evolution of the internal fixation of long bone fractures. The scientific basis of biological internal fixation: choosing a new balance between stability and biology. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 2002 Nov;84(8):1093–1110.
    18. Rozbruch SR, Muller U, Gautier E, et al. The evolution of femoral shaft plating technique. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1998 Sep(354):195–208.
    19. Sales JM, Videla M, Forcada P, et al. Atlas de Osteosíntesis. Fracturas de los huesos largos. Vias de acceso quirúrgico. 2nd ed. Barcelona: Elsevier Masson; 2009.
    20. Schatzker J, McBroom R, Bruce D. The tibial plateau fracture. The Toronto experience 1968–1975. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1979 Jan–Feb(138):94–104.
    21. Schatzker J, Tile M. The rationale of operative fracture care. 3rd ed. Berlin New York Tokyo: Springer; 1987.
    22. Séquin R, Texhammar R. AO/ASIF Instrumentation. Manual of Use and Care. Berlin Heidelberg New York: Springer-Verlag; 1981.
    23. Tscherne H, Oestern HJ. [A new classification of soft-tissue damage in open and closed fractures (author's transl)]. Unfallheilkunde. 1982 Mar;85(3):111–115. German.
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