If. Rubel et D. Seligson, Description of a rare type of posterior pelvis traumatic involvement: the green-stick fracture of the sacrum, PEDIAT RAD, 31(6), 2001, pp. 447-449
Fractures of the pelvic ring in children behave differently than in adults.
In children, bone elastic properties allow for plastic deformation instead
of complete breaks. To the best of our knowledge no reports of this bony b
ehavior have been described in the sacrum, and this could explain the prese
nce of single displaced anterior breaks without evident posterior pelvic di
sruption. The objective of this paper is to document a rare type of posteri
or pelvis trauma: the green-stick fracture of the sacrum.