spinopelvic fixation in complex sacral fractures by gregory d. schroeder, jason w. savage, alpesh a....

Spinopelvic Fixation in Complex Sacral Fractures

by Gregory D. Schroeder, Jason W. Savage, Alpesh A. Patel, and Michael D. Stover

JBJS ReviewsVolume 3(3):e4March 24, 2015

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Classification system of Denis et al.

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Isler classification for sacral fractures.

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Roy-Camille sacral fracture classification.

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Sacral fracture classification by letter.

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Figs. 5A through 5D A forty-two-year-old male patient who was involved in a high-speed motorcycle crash.

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Figs. 6A through 6E Fifty-year-old male patient who fell 30 feet with a vertically unstable sacral fracture with a lambda pattern.

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A 5-mm Schanz pin is placed in the posterior superior iliac spine of the unaffected side and connected to the skeletal stabilization frame for unilateral vertically unstable pelvic fractures.

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