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Pelvic & Acetabular Fracture Treatment Solutions - Stryker

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<strong>Pelvic</strong> Ring <strong>Fracture</strong> Types & Fixation<br />

Sacrum <strong>Fracture</strong><br />

Approach:<br />

A Posterior <strong>Pelvic</strong> Ring surgical<br />

approach allows an ORIF of Sacrum<br />

<strong>Fracture</strong>s.<br />

Fixation:<br />

• A sacrum fracture is fixed by<br />

placing two 6.5 or 8.0mm Asnis III<br />

cannulated lag screws (preferably<br />

16mm thread). Alternatively a 6.5mm<br />

cancellous screw is placed into the S1<br />

or S2 vertebral bodies through the<br />

lateral iliac wing.<br />

Reduction/Fixation through the Posterior <strong>Pelvic</strong> Ring Surgical Approach.<br />

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