Document Type
Review Article
Department
Orthopaedic Surgery
Abstract
Acetabular fractures are caused by energy trauma which is high enough to cause such a fracture with incidence of 3 patients / 100000. In older individuals, most commonmechanism of injury is fall and, in younger individuals, road traffic accidents. Acetabular fractures are usually associated with visceral injuries and other musculoskeletal injuries (about 50% of patient). In this narrative review of targeted English literature from all level of evidences, which is written and supervised by experienced specialized orthopedic and trauma surgeons who were among the pioneers of conducting pelvis fracture management workshops in the country, we aim to describe the mechanism of injury, assessment principles and associated injuries, decision-making and preoperative planning and indications of non-operative managements.
Publication (Name of Journal)
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association
Recommended Citation
Atif, M.,
Hasan, O. H.,
Baloch, N.,
Umer, M.
(2020). A comprehensive basic understanding of pelvis and acetabular fractures after high-energy trauma with associated injuries: Narrative review of targeted literature. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 70(2(Suppl 1)), S70-S75.
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https://ecommons.aku.edu/pakistan_fhs_mc_surg_orthop/143