"Open-book" pelvic fracture with soft tissue serious damage in a child.
Open-book fractures of the pelvis are uncommon during childhood and require urgent treatment from the association with other abdominal, vascular or nervous injuries. The case discussed is an open-book fracture (type B1, Tile classification) associated with triradiate cartilage injury (type I, Salter-Harris classification) in an 11-year-old female. Surgical treatment was delayed for 2 months due to an associated extensive cutaneous lesion which required an adequate treatment. The delayed intervention did not affect the radiological and clinical healing of the fracture.
Orthopaedic Units, Department of Medical Science of Base, Neuroscience and Organs of Sense, University of Bari, Piazza G.Cesare 11, 70124, Bari, Italy.
Antonio
A
Panella
Angela
A
Notarnicola
Giuseppe
G
Solarino
Biagio
B
Moretti