Crescent Fracture of the Pelvis: A Case Report

Crescent fractures are a rare type of pelvic injury. They result from a lateral compression force and are rotationally unstable. The following is a case of a young male who suffered a crescent fracture on the right side of the pelvis and was treated for the same. These fractures, being rare and comp...

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Autores principales: Ahmed, Ariba, Kekatpure, Aditya L, Kekatpure, Aashay
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Orthopedics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9874259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36712733
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32944
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description Crescent fractures are a rare type of pelvic injury. They result from a lateral compression force and are rotationally unstable. The following is a case of a young male who suffered a crescent fracture on the right side of the pelvis and was treated for the same. These fractures, being rare and complex, need to be managed in accordance with other injuries sustained by the patient and also need fixation for a better functional outcome.
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spelling pubmed-98742592023-01-26 Crescent Fracture of the Pelvis: A Case Report Ahmed, Ariba Kekatpure, Aditya L Kekatpure, Aashay Cureus Orthopedics Crescent fractures are a rare type of pelvic injury. They result from a lateral compression force and are rotationally unstable. The following is a case of a young male who suffered a crescent fracture on the right side of the pelvis and was treated for the same. These fractures, being rare and complex, need to be managed in accordance with other injuries sustained by the patient and also need fixation for a better functional outcome. Cureus 2022-12-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9874259/ /pubmed/36712733 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32944 Text en Copyright © 2022, Ahmed et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Ahmed, Ariba
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Crescent Fracture of the Pelvis: A Case Report
title Crescent Fracture of the Pelvis: A Case Report
title_full Crescent Fracture of the Pelvis: A Case Report
title_fullStr Crescent Fracture of the Pelvis: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Crescent Fracture of the Pelvis: A Case Report
title_short Crescent Fracture of the Pelvis: A Case Report
title_sort crescent fracture of the pelvis: a case report
topic Orthopedics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9874259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36712733
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