Acetabular Fractures - Trauma - Orthobullets
2024年3月12日 · Acetabulum fractures are pelvis fractures that involve the articular surface of the hip joint and may involve one or two columns, one or two walls, or the roof within the pelvis. Diagnosis can be made radiographically with dedicated pelvis radiographs (including Judet views) but frequently require CT pelvis for surgical planning.
The "Gull Sign": a harbinger of failure for internal fixation of ...
While some patients over sixty years of age can have satisfactory functional outcomes after acetabular fracture fixation, a significant number will have failure of the procedure. Osteopenic patients with superomedial dome impaction (the Gull Sign) did not benefit from attempted open reduction and in …
Acetabular Fractures - Radiology Key
2020年6月7日 · Elderly patients with low-energy falls tend to have anterior column or anterior column/posterior hemitransverse acetabular fractures. Both fractures can have quadrilateral surface involvement , medial articular dome impaction (“gull wing sign”) , …
Surgical Treatment of Acetabulum Top Compression Fracture with Sea Gull ...
2015年6月1日 · The “sea gull sign” confirms the diagnosis and predicts the surgical treatment outcomes, that is, a “sea gull sign” above an acetabular roof fracture means a possible adverse prognosis.
Articular disimpaction in acetabular fractures - PMC - PubMed …
‘Sea gull’ sign is pathognomonic sign seen in acetabular roof compression fractures, where a typical double arc shadow resembling sea gull wings in flight is observed. 2 These articular dome impaction fractures are commonly observed in elderly patients particularly with osteoporosis as a result of low velocity injury. 3, 4 Letournel and ...
The Gull-Wing Sign | Radiology - RSNA Publications Online
A double or gull-wing shadow formed by the intact and the fractured portions of the acetabulum clarifies the presence and extent of injury to the hip. The patient with multiple injuries presents an ever-increasing challenge to orthopedic and radiologic personnel. Signs of severe trauma to the hip may be masked by other more obvious injuries.
Radiographic anatomy and imaging of the acetabulum
2022年4月1日 · An understanding of Letournel’s lines is essential for the characterization of acetabular fractures from plain radiographs. A number of named features, for example the ‘gull sign’ and the ‘spur sign’ correlate with specific traumatic pathology.
The "Gull Sign": a harbinger of failure for internal fixation of ...
2003年10月1日 · Acetabular fractures with significant femoral head protrusio most often occur in elderly patients with osteoporotic bone after a low-energy fall onto the trochanter, driving the proximal...
The presence of the so-called "Gull-Sign" on conventional pelvic radiographs in cases of acetabular fractures was described about 20 years ago as a correlate of superomedial dome impaction. Patients with osteopenia exhibiting this sign did not benefit from open reduction
The "Gull Sign": a harbinger of failure for internal fixation of ...
While some patients over sixty years of age can have satisfactory functional outcomes after acetabular fracture fixation, a significant number will have failure of the procedure. Osteopenic patients with superomedial dome impaction (the Gull Sign) did not benefit from attempted open reduction and internal fixation in this series.