Locked pubic symphysis—A case series

Le lussazioni della pelvi

“…Presentano frequenti rischi lesionali nel maschio (uretra, prostata, plesso venoso prostatico); con una certa frequenza esitano in insufficienza erettile. In letteratura esistono molti case report al riguardo [9][10][11][12][13][14][15]. Maqungo propone una classificazione in tre gradi di gravità crescente; il 2°e il 3°grado richiedono sempre un trattamento chirurgico.…”

A Case of Locked Pelvis, With No Urogenital 0r Vascular Injury

“…A few methods have been reported about the manner of reduction of these injuries, either closed or open reduction. One of which is by flexing, abducting and externally rotating the femur to use it as a lever to reduce the pubic symphysis, with simultaneous constant force being applied to the iliac crest to avoid fracturing the femur [3]. However, in this patient, we failed to reduce the pubic symphysis using the above method and proceeded with open reduction.…”

“…We describe a locked pelvis without any urogenital injury and were reduced with simple manoeuvres. There were no other injuries noted.We attempted closed reduction of the pubic symphysis by using the femur as a lever, by flexing, abducting and applying an external rotation force on the femur as described by one case report [3]. However, we failed to reduce the pubic bone and proceeded with open reduction the following day.Open reduction was performed through a Pfannenstiel incision.…”

Case Report on Locked Pubic Symphysis with Concomitant Ipsilateral Acetabular Fracture

“…This unique injury is characterized by overlapping pubic symphysis disruption, the pubic bone on one side entrapped behind or very rarely anterior to the contra lateral pubic rami. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Only a very small proportion of pelvic trauma resulting from lateral compression injuries end up as locked pubic symphysis injuries. 1 A locked pubic symphysis is quiet rare injury and even more when associated with acetabular fracture.…”