FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME OF UNSTABLE PELVIC FRACTURES: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

Abstract

A retrospective study was conducted in different hospitals in Iraq, where 80 patients were collected, and this study was assigned to patients with Unstable Pelvic Fractures.

All the patients having pelvic fractures were classified and have divided into three types A, B, and C by the Tile classification adopted by the OTA outcomes according to pelvic injuries, which found in this study is lower extremity fractures with 25%, upper extremity fractures (%18.75) and Acetabulom fractures for 14 patients (17.5%), and the least frequent injury type was Urogenital injury for nine patients (11.25%) As for the most frequent complications, it was represented by heterogeneous ossification, which is a rare problem that may occur after surgery where the bone grows in the muscles, tendons, and ligaments around the pelvic cavity.