Pubic fractures in old age.

Stress fractures of the pubic ramus.

Pubic rami fractures in the elderly--a neglected injury?

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the patient characteristics and natural history of pubic rami fractures in geriatric patients, with a special focus on the frequency of concomitant posterior pelvic ring lesions and the percentage of secondarily operated patients as a result of conservative treatment failure. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort study. Patients were treated in a university hospital that is ...

Enhanced healing of sacral and pubic insufficiency fractures by teriparatide.

Bladder rupture following osteoporotic pubic ramus and sacral insufficiency fractures.

We present a case report of an 86-year-old lady with pubic ramus and sacral insufficiency fractures who developed extra-vesical bladder rupture following displacement of the pubic ramus fracture, a very unusual complication.

Occult posterior pelvic ring fractures in elderly patients with osteoporotic pubic rami fractures.

PURPOSE To evaluate postoperative walking status of elderly patients with osteoporotic pubic rami fractures with or without posterior pelvic ring fractures. METHODS 33 women and 4 men aged 66 to 95 (mean, 85) years presented with osteoporotic pubic rami fractures after a fall. 22 (59%) of the patients had additional posterior pelvic ring fractures (9 had lateral compression type-II fractures ...