Open AccessExternal skeletal fixation as treatment for total puerperal rupture of the pubic symphysis
Author(s) -
Petersen Astrid Christine,
Rasmussen Kjeld Leisgaard
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016349209021058
Subject(s) - medicine , pubic symphysis , diastasis , fixation (population genetics) , symphysis , surgery , external fixation , pelvis , external fixator , population , environmental health
A caw of total puerperal rupture of the pubic symphysis during non‐operative delivery is rcportcd and the literature reviewed. The patient in our case was successfully treated by external skeletal fixation. In agreement with the literature the authors recommend external skeletal fixation when lesions are unstable, when inadequate reduction is achieved. or when the diastasis is more than 40 mm.