Use of tricortical iliac crest strut autograft in comminuted posterior wall acetabular fractures: A case series.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The results for fixation of comminuted posterior wall acetabular fractures are not very promising with reported complications in terms of osteoarthritis, nonunion and malunion which subsequently require conversion to total hip arthroplasty. The conversion to total hip arthroplasty is possible in patients over 50 years of age but not in younger patients. So this requires new methods for salvage of the native hip in young patients.

Methods

There were six patients in our series with highly comminuted posterior wall acetabular fractures where the fragments were excised and the gap filled with tricortical anterior iliac-crest strut autograft, fixed with screws and plate.

Results

Good results were achieved in four out of six patients analyzed clinically using the Me

SUBMITTER: Gupta S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6114123 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature