Marcus Vinícius Fernandes Dias1, Flavio Goldsztajn2, João Matheus Guimarães3, José Afraneo Grizendi4, Marcos Correia5, Tito Henrique Rocha6. 1. Attending physician at the Pelvis and Acetabulum Center, National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics (INTO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2. Head of the Pelvis and Acetabulum Center, National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics (INTO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 3. Head of Service, National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics (INTO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 4. Attending Physician at the Trauma Center, National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics (INTO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 5. Head of the Trauma Center for the Elderly, National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics (INTO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 6. Head of Coordination of Institutional Development, National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics (INTO), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to review the epidemiological aspects of displacement fractures of the acetabulum that had been treated surgically at the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics (INTO). METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed 126 acetabulum fractures that had been treated surgically at INTO between March 2006 and November 2008. The following factors were taken into account: age, sex, trauma mechanism, injury classification, time elapsed between trauma and surgery, affected side and associated bone injuries. RESULTS: 76.8% were male; the mean age was 39.6 years. The trauma mechanism was traffic accidents in 59%; the time that elapsed between injury and surgery was on average 16.4 days; 55% of the cases were on the right side; 30% of the patients presented associated fractures. CONCLUSION: Most of the patients were male, in an economically active age group, and were victims of traffic accidents. Edge and/or posterior column fractures were the most frequent types. Associated injuries were common and most of the fractures operated in our service came to us late.
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to review the epidemiological aspects of displacement fractures of the acetabulum that had been treated surgically at the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics (INTO). METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed 126 acetabulum fractures that had been treated surgically at INTO between March 2006 and November 2008. The following factors were taken into account: age, sex, trauma mechanism, injury classification, time elapsed between trauma and surgery, affected side and associated bone injuries. RESULTS: 76.8% were male; the mean age was 39.6 years. The trauma mechanism was traffic accidents in 59%; the time that elapsed between injury and surgery was on average 16.4 days; 55% of the cases were on the right side; 30% of the patients presented associated fractures. CONCLUSION: Most of the patients were male, in an economically active age group, and were victims of traffic accidents. Edge and/or posterior column fractures were the most frequent types. Associated injuries were common and most of the fractures operated in our service came to us late.
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Keywords:
Acetabulum/surgery; Epidemiology; Fractures, Bone; Wounds and Injuries
Authors: Marcelo Cortês Cavalcante; Frederico Augusto Alves de Arruda; Guilherme Boni; Gustavo Tadeu Sanchez; Daniel Balbachevsky; Fernando Baldy Dos Reis Journal: Acta Ortop Bras Date: 2019 Nov-Dec Impact factor: 0.513