Surgical treatment for complex acetabular fractures.

Objective: To explore the effect of surgical treatment on complex acetabular fractures.

Methods: The data of 46 patients (38 males and 8 females, aged 16-75 years, mean equal to 38.5 years) with complex acetabular fractures, who were admitted to our hospital from January 1998 to December 2005, were analyzed retrospectively in this study.

Review of traumatic diaphragmatic hernia associated with pelvis fractures.

Objective: To review the epidemiological feature, clinical and diagnostic data of post-traumatic diaphragmatic hernia (TDH) associated with pelvis fracture reported in recent 10 years.

Methods: A 10-year retrospective study was undertaken to analyze the incidence, diagnosis, management, morbidity and mortality of patients with traumatic diaphragmatic hernia associated with pelvis fractures. A total of 46 cases in our country were reviewed.