Experimental development and clinical application
 minimally invasive internal pelvic ring fixation

Abstract

The method of minimum invasive internal rod fixation of the pelvic ring elaborated at the Chair of Military Traumatology and Orthopaedics, Military Medical Academy, is presented. Suggested method allowed to perform anatomically precise fragment reposition and internal functional stable fixation of the pelvic ring by small surgical intervention and low intraoperative blood loss when fixation was performed at early terms after trauma. In 16 patients with unstable pelvic injuries treated by that method neither unsatisfactory anatomic outcomes nor secondary displacement of pelvic bones under the functional load were noted. In uncomplicated pelvic injuries the duration of hospital treatment and medical rehabilitation was 31.5 and 51.2 days, respectively. In syndrome of vertical instability of the anterior semi-ring was 27.8 and 43.4 days, respectively.