Vertically unstable pelvic fractures fixed with percutaneous iliosacral screws: Does posterior injury pattern predict fixation failure?

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL.1, 2006, Pages

  Griffin, Damian R ^a   Starr, Adam J ^b   Reinert, Charles M ^b   Jones, Alan L ^b   Whitlock, Shelly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixation failure; Pelvic fracture; Percutaneous iliosacral screws; Sacral fracture; Sacroiliac joint disruption

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC GIRDLE; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACRUM; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ACETABULUM; ADULT; BONE SCREWS; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACRUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33646850392     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bot.0000202390.40246.16     Document Type: Article

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