Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Orthopedic, Hospital Tuanku Ja'afar, Seremban, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Hospital Canselor, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 Department of Orthopedic, Hospital Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 4 Department of Orthopedic, Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
Front Surg, 2019;6:42.
PMID: 31380389 DOI: 10.3389/fsurg.2019.00042

Abstract

We describe a series of three patients who sustained multiplanar sacral fracture with spinopelvic dissociation treated with bilateral triangle osteosynthesis supplemented with a gullwing plate. Multiplanar sacral fracture causes the sacrum to divide into two parts which in severe cases, fracture displacement results in neurological injury. Spinopelvic fixation supplemented with a gullwing plate surgical treatment is still a viable option with an acceptable outcome. The average waiting time prior to surgery is 3 weeks.

* Title and MeSH Headings from MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.