Open Access“Open-book” pelvic fracture with soft tissue serious damage in a child
Author(s) -
Antonio Panella,
Angela Notarnicola,
Giuseppe Solarino,
Biagio Moretti
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
strategies in trauma and limb reconstruction/strategies in trauma and limb reconstruction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.5
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1828-8936
pISSN - 1828-8928
DOI - 10.1007/s11751-015-0216-4
Subject(s) - medicine , pelvis , radiological weapon , surgery , orthopedic surgery , lesion , pelvic fracture , soft tissue , intervention (counseling) , psychiatry
Open-book fractures of the pelvis are uncommon during childhood and require urgent treatment from the association with other abdominal, vascular or nervous injuries. The case discussed is an open-book fracture (type B1, Tile classification) associated with triradiate cartilage injury (type I, Salter-Harris classification) in an 11-year-old female. Surgical treatment was delayed for 2 months due to an associated extensive cutaneous lesion which required an adequate treatment. The delayed intervention did not affect the radiological and clinical healing of the fracture.