Hh. Strangevognesen et al., THE COTREL-DUBOUSSET INSTRUMENTATION FOR UNSTABLE SACRAL FRACTURES - REPORT OF 3 PATIENTS, Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica, 65(2), 1994, pp. 219-220
We present a new operative procedure using the Cotrel-Dubousset (C-D)
instrumentation in unstable sacral fractures, where the vertebral colu
mn is dissociated from the pelvis. This technique is based on screw fi
xation in the ileum and in the first sacral and the fifth lumbar verte
brae or the fifth and fourth lumbar vertebrae, with help of interconne
cting rods. 3 patients were successfully treated.