Predictor variables in acetabular fractures surgically treated

Acetabular fractures are life-altering injuries. High-energy mechanisms typically affect to young people, while low-energy to elder patients [1,2]. Surgical treatment of acetabular fractures is challenging in terms of surgical approaches and fracture complexity [3,4]. These fractures require long surgical time, extended approaches and sometimes two-stage surgeries, and intraoperative and acute postoperative complications are frequent. Outcome varies depending on series, but age and fracture pattern seems to be closely related to final functional results and up to 25% of acetabular fractures have poor functional outcomes in short-term follow-up [5].

Source: Injury - February 17, 2021 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Gonzalo Luengo-Alonso, Ainhoa Nekane Toro Ibarguen, Miguel Aroca Peinado, Jose Luis Leon Baltasar, Pedro Caba Doussoux Source Type: research