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    J Korean Fract Soc. 2013 Oct;26(4):348-353. Korean.
    Published online Oct 18, 2013.
    https://doi.org/10.12671/jkfs.2013.26.4.348
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    Complications of Pelvic Ring Injury

    Byung-Woo Min, M.D., Kyung-Jae Lee, M.D., Gyo-Wook Kim, M.D. and Doohyun Kwon, M.D.
      • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
    • Address reprint requests to: Byung-Woo Min, M.D. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Keimyung University School of Medicine, 56 Dalseong-ro, Jung-gu, Daegu 700-712, Korea. Tel: 82-53-250-7267, Fax: 82-53-250-7205, Email: min@dsmc.or.kr

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    Fig. 1
    (A) A 79-year-old male patient with Tile type C1 unstable pelvic fractures which were determined as left crescent fracture, sacroiliac joint disruption and symphysis pubis diastasis on 3-dimensional computed tomographys.

    (B) Embolization with gelfoam and microcoil about the inferior epigastric artery (arrow).

    Fig. 2
    (A, B) A 28-year-old male patient with Tile type C1 unstable pelvic fractures which were determined as right crescent fracture including the ipsilateral superior and inferior rami on X-ray and 3-dimensional computed tomography.

    (C) Conservative therapy with skeletal traction about 2 months due to liver injury.

    (D) Osteotomy and multiple plate fixation about the malunion site of the ilium and ramus. Postoperative X-ray shows stable fixation but the right hemipelvis was rotated internally and migrated about 1 cm upward.

    Fig. 3
    (A, B) A 39-year-old female patient with Tile type C3 unstable pelvic fracture with left sacral fracture, which were both superior and inferior rami fractures on X-ray and 3-dimensional computed tomographys.

    (C) Delayed operation due to problems with the patient's general condition. postoperative x-ray shows plate fixation on the left ramus, posterior sacral fracture.

    (D) At 1 year, the left ramus and posterior sacral fracture site were nonunion and metal breakage on follow X-ray.

    Tables

    Table 1
    Associated Complications of Pelvic Ring Fracture

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