Purpose: Surgeons performing an ilioinguinal exposure for acetabular fracture surgery need to be aware of aberrant findings such as inguinal hernias and spermatic cord lesions. The purpose of this study is to report these occurrences in a clinical series of adult males undergoing acetabular fracture fixation and a series of adult male cadavers. The secondary aim is to characterize these abnorma...

The current case study deals with Comminuted Scapular Body Fracture after Seizure. Diagnosis of the epilepsy defined as two or more unprovoked seizures. prevalence is found to be .5 – 2%. People are at risk fractures either due fall, muscle contractions that lead for avulsion loss protective mechanism during Muscles contraction tonic phase seizures can result in variety musculoskeletal injuries...

The incidence of traumatic hip dislocation has increased in recent years as a result of high-energy trauma. Anterior hip dislocation forms less than 10-15% of all traumatic hip dislocations. Only a few case reports describe anterior dislocation along with acetabular fractures. The acetabular fracture involved the anterior wall or column in all such cases. We describe a rare case in which anteri...

We report the outcome of 161 of 257 surgically fixed acetabular fractures. The operations were undertaken between 1989 and 1998 and the patients were followed for a minimum of ten years. Anthropometric data, fracture pattern, time to surgery, associated injuries, surgical approach, complications and outcome were recorded. Modified Merle D'Aubigné score and Matta radiological scoring systems wer...

Indomethacin is commonly administered for the prophylaxis of heterotopic ossification (HO) after the surgical treatment of acetabular fractures. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as indomethacin, have been associated with delayed healing of fractures and mechanically weaker callus. Our aim was to determine if patients with an acetabular fracture, who received indomethacin for prophylax...

PURPOSE Acetabular fractures are mainly caused by trauma and the incidence is rising in developing countries. Initially these fractures were managed conservatively, due to lack of specialized and dedicated acetabulum surgery centres. Our aim is to study the radiological and functional outcomes of surgical management of acetabular fractures in tertiary care hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS Tota...

Patients who sustain an acetabular fracture are a challenge to the orthopedic surgeon because of the inherent difficulty of the fracture and its treatment. Acetabular fractures in elderly patients add another level of complexity with additional co-morbidities associated with age such as osteoporotic bone, the fracture type and comminution, medical conditions, and insufficient bone stock to supp...

Acetabular fractures are produced by high energy injuries that often cause dislocation of the fragments with gaps and steps (Olson et al., 1997). The goal of operative treatment of such fractures is to restore acetabular anatomy with perfect fragment reduction and stable fixation in order to enable early joint movement (Letournel and Judet, 1993). The fixation of the fragments is not strong eno...

Patients that sustain pelvic and/or acetabular trauma in Ireland and require surgical intervention are treated at the Adelaide and Meath National Children's Hospital (AMNCH). For this study an audit was conducted of all pelvic and acetabular fractures referred to the AMNCH over a 12 month period from July 2010 to June 2011. This study was conducted with the purpose of recording the different fr...

Maintaining reduction of an acetabular fracture during internal fixation is difficult. A variety of clamps can be used to facilitate reduction, but they are cumbersome and may damage the sciatic nerve. We developed a simple and cost-effective technique for provisional reduction and fixation of acetabular fractures using 2 screws and a tension band wire.