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One specific kind of pelvic fracture is known as an 'open book' fracture. This is often the result of a heavy impact to the groin (pubis), a common motorcycling accident injury. In this kind of injury, the left and right halves of the pelvis are separated at front and rear, the front opening more than the rear, i.e. like an open book that falls ...
The Young–Burgess classification is a system of categorizing pelvic fractures based on the vector of applied force at the time of injury and degree of resulting disruption, allowing judgment on the stability of the pelvic ring and prediction of associated blood loss. [1]
vertical pelvic fracture through both pubic rami and the ilium or sacroiliac joint with vertical displacement: high energy impact to pelvis (front to back) Malgaigne's fracture at TheFreeDictionary.com: March fracture: Marching: stress fracture of a metatarsal shaft: heavy or unaccustomed exercise: Metatarsal Stress Fracture at eMedicine ...
The Tile classification is a system of categorizing pelvic fractures based on fracture pattern, [1] allowing judgment on the stability of the pelvic ring. Classification [ edit ]
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The "Honda sign" (H-pattern [1]) is a radiologic sign seen in case of sacral insufficiency fracture in bilateral sacral insufficiency fractures on a radioisotope bone scan. [2] It gets its name because the shape observed resembles the logo of the Honda motor company, resembling the alphabet "H".
They are caused by direct trauma to the iliac wing, and are generally stable fractures as they do not disrupt the weight bearing pelvic ring. [ 1 ] The fracture is named after the French surgeon Joseph Guichard Duverney who described the injury in his book Maladies des Os which was published posthumously in 1751.
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