Head
of Orthopedic and Traumatologic Department
Garcia de Orta Hospital, Almada - Portugal
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CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATION
Treatment of comminuted acetabular fractures by ligamentotaxis with Ilizarov frame (1999)
21 YO male who sustained a transverse and posterior wall fracture of the left acetabulum, with a entrapped fragment.
Closed reduction was not possible
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Treatment protocol included reduction on a traction table under general anesthesia. If good reduction is obtained, a pre-assembled frame is applied to do ligamentotaxis. If reduction is incomplete or impossible, open reduction and fixation of the displaced fragments is done with half cutted olive wires and then the frame is applied to do ligamentotaxis.
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A) Post-operative Xr. B) Aspect of the frame. Total time with frame was 2 months. C) Xr control at 2 years of follow-up.
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Clinical aspect at 2 years of follow-up.
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