Joseph Schatzker

Biography

• Born on September 8, 1934
• 1960 – MD University of Toronto
• 1962 – B.Sc.(Medicine), University of Toronto
• 1966 – Fellow Royal College of Surgeons of Canada F.R.C.S.(C)
• 1967 – Duncan Fellow to Professor Dewar University of Toronto
• 1968 – McLaughlin Fellowship in Europe (Sweden and Switzerland)
• 1969 – Orthopaedic Surgeon at the University of Toronto
• 1971 – Member of the AO
• 1985 – Began work at Sunnybrook Hospital, the largest trauma centre in Canada
• 1998 – President AO/ASIF Foundation
• Professor Emeritus of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Toronto
• 2007 – Member of the Order of Canada
• 2018 – Director of the Mueller Institute in Sunnybrook, Toronto, Canada, and still operates as an Orthopaedic Surgeon today

Medical Eponyms

Schatzker classification of tibial plateau fractures (1979)

In 1979, Schatzker published a formal classification system for tibial plateau fractures by using AP radiographs of a group of 94 patients. The emphasis on this classification system was to guide treatment with relation to the original fracture pattern and mode of injury

The Schatzker classification system divides tibial plateau fractures into six types

• Schatzker I: lateral tibial plateau fracture, with minimal (<4mm) depression or displacement.
• Schatzker II: lateral tibial plateau fracture with fragment depression
• Schatzker III: compression fracture of the lateral (IIIA) or central (IIIB) tibial plateau
• Schatzker IV: medial tibial plateau fracture with split/depressed component
• Schatzker V: bicondylar (lateral and medial) tibial plateau fractures
• Schatzker VI: transverse tibial plateau fracture with metaphyseal-diaphyseal discontinuity (also known as Type C articular fracture in the AO classification)

Major Publications

• 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
• Schatzker J. The Intertrochanteric Osteotomy. Springer. 1984
• Müller ME, Nazarian S, Koch P, Schatzker J. The Comprehensive Classification of Fractures of Long Bones. Springer 1990
• Schatzker J, Tile M. The Rationale of Operative Fracture Care. Springer 1993
• Castiglia MT, Nogueira-Barbosa MH, Messias AMV, Salim R, Fogagnolo F, Schatzker J, Kfuri M. The Impact of Computed Tomography on Decision Making in Tibial Plateau Fractures. J Knee Surg. 2018 Feb 14

References

Biography

• Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Dr. Joseph Schatzker, Orthopaedic Surgery. 2018. [Accessed 18 February 2018]
• Joseph Schatzker Curriculum Vitae. Online webpage [Accessed 18 February 2018]
• Bibliography. Schatzker, Joseph. WorldCat Identities

Eponymous terms

• Markhardt B, Gross J, Monu J. Schatzker Classification of Tibial Plateau Fractures: Use of CT and MR Imaging Improves Assessment. Radiographics. 2009;29 (2): 585-597.
• Zeltser D, Leopold S. Classifications in Brief: Schatzker Classification of Tibial Plateau Fractures. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2013; 471(2):371-374