Vertically unstable pelvic fractures fixed with percutaneous iliosacral screws: does posterior injury pattern predict fixation failure?

Objective: To measure the failure rate of percutaneous iliosacral screw fixation of vertically unstable pelvic fractures and particularly to test the hypothesis that fixations in which the posterior injury is a vertical fracture of the sacrum are more likely to fail than fixations with dislocations or fracture-dislocations of the sacroiliac joint.

Design: Retrospective review.

Setting: Level 1 trauma center.

Male sexual function after pelvic fracture.

Fifty-one male patients with prior pelvic fracture completed a Brief Sexual Function Inventory questionnaire (BSFI) 2 years postinjury. Responses were compared to those of 53 men with ankle fractures. Patients with pelvic fracture scored significantly worse than patients with ankle fracture.

Vertically unstable pelvic fractures fixed with percutaneous iliosacral screws: does posterior injury pattern predict fixation failure?

Objective: To measure the failure rate of percutaneous iliosacral screw fixation of vertically unstable pelvic fractures and particularly to test the hypothesis that fixations in which the posterior injury is a vertical fracture of the sacrum are more likely to fail than fixations with dislocations or fracture-dislocations of the sacroiliac joint.

Design: Retrospective review.

Setting: Level 1 trauma center.

Complications following the "T extensile" approach: a modified extensile approach for acetabular fracture surgery-report of forty-three patients.

Objective: Analyze the prevalence and severity of surgical complications encountered with a modified extended iliofemoral approach, the "T extensile" approach, in the treatment of complex acetabular fractures.

Study Design: Prospective.

Methods: During a sixteen-month study period, forty-three patients with complex acetabular fractures were treated via the T extensile approach.