TREATMENT SEQUENCE OF COMBINED PELVIC INJURY, CONSISTED OF UPPER PUBIC RAMUS FRACTURE, SACROILIAC JOINT DISLOCATION WITH OPEN BOOK INJURY, USING STOPPA APPROACH

Treatment sequence of combined pelvic injury, consisted of upper pubic ramus fracture, sacroiliac joint dislocation with open book injury, using Stoppa approach

Nikolopoulos Fotios, Dimitrios Samaras, Kollintzas Lykourgos

General Hospital of Piraeus “Tzaneio», Piraeus, Greece

Among pelvic serious injuries is the so-called “open book” injury of the pelvis, with Sacroiliac Joint Disruption (SIJD) in combination with upper pubic ramus or anterior column fracture, contralateral or ipsilateral, or both. This combination of pelvic injury could be classified according Young and Burgess classification as LCIII or CM type (Combined Mechanism) and as 61-B3.1 61-B3.2 following AO/OTA classification.
Specifically, the upper pubic ramus fracture can be classified according to Nakatani classification as type I medial of the foramen, type II within the foramen and type III lateral to the foramen. The difficulty to deal with these fractures is how to close and reduct the pubic symphysis in mechanically stable way since there is fracture in one or both the upper pubic ramus. The existence of these fractured elements, in this type of pelvis injury allow a lot of degrees of freedom which must be managed from the surgeon in the proper sequence. The incision and the approach are also mandatory for successfully treating these lesions. Anterior Intrapelvic Approach (AIP) or Stoppa approach in conjunction with the first window of ilioinguinal approach is the most appropriate surgical exposure for reduction and fixation.

Keywords: Stoppa, approach, anterior, column, pubic, symphysis, reduction, fixation, ilioinguinal.

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Nikolopoulos Fotios, Dimitrios Samaras, Kollintzas Lykourgos.Treatment sequence of combined pelvic injury, consisted of upper pubic ramus fracture, sacroiliac joint dislocation with open book injury, using Stoppa approach. American Journal of Orthopedic Research and Reviews, 2021, 4:27. DOI: 10.28933/ajorr-2021-09-1705

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