title: [Percutaneous hollow screws for treatment of the vertical sacrum longitudinal fracture].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To introduce percutaneous hollow screws for treatment of the vertical sacrum longitudinal fracture and evaluate the preliminary therapeutic outcomes.
  
  
  METHODS
  From January 1999 to December 2006, 24 cases with vertical sacrum longitudinal fractures inchuded 15 males and 9 females were treated by percutaneous hollow screws, with an average age of 35 years ranging from 18 to 61 years. Accordng to Denis'classification of sacral fracture, there were 6 cases of type I, 11 of type 1 and 7 of type II.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The operation lasted for 30 to 65 minutes (averaged 48 minutes). All of them were followed up for 3 to 36 months (averaged 18.6 months). According to improved effective standard of pelvic trauma, the result of radiography was excellent in 18 cases, good in 5 and poor in 1, and the clinical evaluation was exellent in 16, good in 8.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Treatment of the vertical sacrum longitudinal fracture with percutaneous hollow screws is a comparatively reliable method and has the advantages of more precise with few postoperative complications and allows the patient early mobilization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, People's Hospital of Meizhou, Meizhou 514031, Guangdong, China. wxg_200312919@163.com
authors.forename: Xing-Guo
authors.initials: XG
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Ye-Guang
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Wei-Wen
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.forename: Wei-Kang
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D016268:Internal Fixators; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011859:Radiography; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012447:Sacrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D055815:Young Adult