Progress of instability in fragility fractures of the pelvis: An observational study.

Injury

Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131 Mainz, Germany. Electronic address:

Published: November 2019

Unlabelled: Fragility fractures of the pelvis (FFP) are an increasing entity among elderly persons. Characteristics are different from high-energy pelvic trauma. Little is known about the natural course of FFP in conservative and after operative treatment.

Materials And Methods: Medical charts and radiologic data of 148 patients with an FFP, who were admitted in a 3-year period, were analysed retrospectively. Incidence and characteristics of fracture progression (FP) were noted.

Results: Patients presenting early after a traumatic event had more often non-displaced fractures, fractures with lower FFP Type classification and were more frequently treated conservatively. FP was observed in 21 cases (14.2%), twenty times after conservative and once after operative treatment. FP under conservative treatment occurred in female patients only. Patients with FP were younger than patients without. FP occurred in all fracture types, most frequently in FFP Type I. A second CT scan was positive for FP in 39.2% of patients with prolonged pain or restricted mobility.

Conclusion: FP is a real phenomenon, occurring in a minority of FFP patients. Female patients are at highest risk. Repeated CT scan is positive in nearly 40% of patients with continuing pain or restricted mobility. Operative treatment is a good preventive measure of FP as FP does only exceptionally occur after operative fixation of FFP.

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