Spring Plates as a Valid Additional Fixation in Comminuted Posterior Wall Acetabular Fractures: A Retrospective Multicenter Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Participating centers | 4 | |
n. of patients | 46 | |
Age | 51.7 | |
Sex | Male | 34 (73.9%) |
Female | 12 (26.1%) | |
Traumatic Mechanism | Road Accident | 34 (73.9%) |
Falls from heights | 12 (26.1%) | |
Diagnosis | Posterior Wall | 46 (100%) |
Mean follow-up | 33.4 months | ||
Radiological outcome | Anatomical | 78.3% | 36 patients |
Imperfect | 15.2% | 7 patients | |
Poor | 6.5% | 3 patients | |
Average full weight-bearing | 8.2 weeks after surgery | ||
Average Merle d’Aubigne score | 10.2 ± 1.7 | ||
Average modified Harris Hip Score | 84.9 ± 6.5 |
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De Mauro, D.; Rovere, G.; Are, L.; Smakaj, A.; Aprato, A.; Mezzadri, U.; Bove, F.; Casiraghi, A.; Marino, S.; Ciolli, G.; et al. Spring Plates as a Valid Additional Fixation in Comminuted Posterior Wall Acetabular Fractures: A Retrospective Multicenter Study. J. Clin. Med. 2023, 12, 576. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12020576
De Mauro D, Rovere G, Are L, Smakaj A, Aprato A, Mezzadri U, Bove F, Casiraghi A, Marino S, Ciolli G, et al. Spring Plates as a Valid Additional Fixation in Comminuted Posterior Wall Acetabular Fractures: A Retrospective Multicenter Study. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2023; 12(2):576. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12020576
Chicago/Turabian StyleDe Mauro, Domenico, Giuseppe Rovere, Lorenzo Are, Amarildo Smakaj, Alessandro Aprato, Umberto Mezzadri, Federico Bove, Alessandro Casiraghi, Silvia Marino, Gianluca Ciolli, and et al. 2023. "Spring Plates as a Valid Additional Fixation in Comminuted Posterior Wall Acetabular Fractures: A Retrospective Multicenter Study" Journal of Clinical Medicine 12, no. 2: 576. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm12020576