Abstract:[Objective] To compare the clinical efficacy of tension band plate versus cannulated screw for fixation of posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) tibial avulsion fractures. [Methods] A retrospective study was conducted on 48 patients who had PCL tibial avulsion fractures treated by open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) from January 2018 to June 2024. According to preoperative doctor-patient communication, 23 patients had fractures fixed with tension band plate (the plate group), while other 25 patients were fixed with cannulated screw (the screw group). The clinical and imaging data of the two groups were compared. [Results] Regarding preoperative general data, the plate group had significantly higher rate of comminuted fracture than the screw group [single/comminuted, (6/17) vs (16/9), P=0.008]. All patients in both groups had ORIF performed smoothly without serious complications, such as vascular and nerve injury. The plate group proved significantly greater than the screw group in terms of operative time [min, (63.4±7.6) vs (53.7±7.2), P=0.001], incision length [cm, (7.5±0.9) vs (6.4±1.0), P=0.001], intraoperative blood loss [mL, (63.7±8.7) vs (56.7±7.6), P=0.005] and postoperative drainage [mL, (76.5± 14.7) vs (55.4±10.5), P=0.001], respectively. However, the former used significantly less additional anchors than the latter (4.4% vs 32.0%, P=0.037). There was no significant difference in the incidence of postoperative complications between the two groups (P>0.05). All patients in both groups were followed up for an average of (12.5±2.8) months, and during the follow-up period, no serious adverse events occurred in either group. At the latest follow-up, there were no significant differences between the two groups in the maximum active knee flexion angle, knee extension loss angle and Lysholm score (P>0.05). As for imaging, there was no a statistically significant difference in the rate of excellent and good fracture reduction between the two groups (P>0.05), and no statistically significant difference in the incidence of fracture re-displacement between the two groups (P>0.05). At the last follow-up, all patients in both groups got fractures healed well, without loosening of the internal fixation, and obvious degenerative changes of the knee. [Conclusion] Both tension band plate and cannulated screw fixation do achieve good clinical consequence in the treatment of PCL tibial avulsion fractures. For the comminuted avulsion fractures, the use of tension plate fixation is more reasonable.