Locked transsacral screw fixation of bilateral injuries of the posterior pelvic ring: Initial clinical series

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 616-621

  Moed, Berton R ^a   Whiting, Daniel R ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

pelvic ring disruptions; pelvis fracture fixation; trans iliac sacral iliac fixation; transsacral fixation; Transsacral screw

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CANNULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIXATION FAILURE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; ILIAC BONE; NERVE ROOT INJURY; OSTEOPENIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS FRACTURE; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACRUM; SAFETY;

ADULT; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958130736     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BOT.0b013e3181df97eb     Document Type: Article

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