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Pelvic fractures

Pelvic fractures
(A) Rotationally unstable fracture. The symphysis pubis is separated and the anterior sacroiliac, sacrotuberous, and sacrospinous ligaments are disrupted.
(B) Vertically unstable fracture. The hemipelvis is displaced anteriorly and posteriorly through the symphysis pubis, and the sacroiliac joint ligaments are disrupted.
(C) Non-displaced fracture of the acetabulum.
Reproduced with permission from: Smeltzer S, Bare B. Brunner and Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Ninth Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Copyright © 2000 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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