title: Comminuted pelvic ring disruption in toddlers: management of a rare injury.
abstract: Pediatric pelvic fractures are rare injuries. The clinical management, classification, and operative treatment of this type of injury was presented in two toddlers ranging in age from 1 to 3 years. The CT examination proved to be the most reliable diagnostic tool for the assessment of the fracture morphology. The findings of the CT examination provide the possibility for an exact classification and operative planning. The surgical treatment was performed with the AO instrumentation for small fragments by using the approved standard approaches of adult surgery. The postoperative management has to be adapted to the physiology of the children. It is important to remove the osteosynthesis material in due time to avoid the risk of epiphysiodesis at the pelvis. To detect late sequelae of the trauma, follow-up should be performed regularly until growth is completed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma Surgery, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Stiletto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baacke
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gotzen
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000359:Aftercare / Q000379:methods; D000367:Age Factors; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D018460:Fractures, Comminuted / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D018579:Patient Selection; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome