The relation between surgical approaches for pelvic ring and acetabular fractures and postoperative complications: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Although many articles report complications after pelvic ring and acetabular fracture surgery, a general overview of complication rates and potential risk factors is lacking. The current review provides a comprehensive summary of the complications after pelvic ring and acetabular fracture surgery in relation to the surgical approach.

Material and methods

Pubmed and Embase databases were systematically searched using the key words: pelvic fracture, acetabular fracture, fixation, surgical approaches, complications, and their synonyms. Extracted data included patient and fracture characteristics, surgical approaches, and post-operative complications; surgical site infections (SSI), implant-related complications, malunion and non-union. Study data were summarized us

SUBMITTER: Timmer RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10175345 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature