Long-term functional outcome after traumatic lumbosacral dissociation. A retrospective case series of 13 patients.

Study Design: Retrospective case series.

Introduction: Traumatic lumbosacral dissociation (TLSD) is a rare subgroup of sacral fractures caused by high-energy trauma in healthy adults. There are no accepted treatment algorithms for these injuries.

Patient-reported health minimum 8 years after operatively treated displaced sacral fractures: a prospective cohort study.

Objectives: To assess long-term patient-reported health (PRH) after displaced sacral fractures, its association with clinical outcomes, and changes over time.

Design: Prospective, longitudinal single-cohort study.

Setting: Level I trauma center.

Radiological findings correlate with neurological deficits but not with pain after operatively treated sacral fractures.

Background And Purpose: Neurological deficits and pain are common after displaced sacral fractures. However, little is known about the association between the long-term clinical outcomes and radiological findings. We examined the long-term radiological findings and their correlations with lumbosacral pain and neurological deficits in the lower extremities after surgery for sacral fractures.

Functional outcome 10 years after surgical treatment of displaced sacral fractures.

Study Design: Prospective, longitudinal single-cohort study of 28 patients with displaced sacral fractures treated with internal fixation.

Objective: To describe the long-term functional outcome concerning neurological deficits in the lower extremities and urinary, bowel, and sexual functions after severe sacral fractures and to compare the long-term results with the results from a previously reported 1-year follow-up of the same patient cohort.

Summary Of Background Data: Displaced sacral fractures may result in considerable functional morbidity.