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Treatment[edit]
A pelvic fracture is often complicated and treatment can be a long and painful process. Depending on the severity, pelvic fractures can be treated with or without surgery.
Surgery[edit]
Surgery is often required for pelvic fractures. Many methods of pelvic stabilization are used including external fixation or internal fixation and traction.[1] For more information about the different pelvic injuries that require an external fixator, visit this page. There are often other injuries associated with a pelvic fracture so the type of surgery involved must be thoroughly planned. [2]
Rehabilitation[edit]
Pelvic fractures that are treatable without surgery are treated with bed rest. Once the fracture has healed enough, rehabilitation can be started with first standing upright with the help of a physical therapist, followed by starting to walk using a walker and eventually progressing to a cane.
- ^ Taguchi, T., Kawai, S., Kaneko, K., Yugue, D. (1999) Operative management of displaced fractures of the sacrum. Journal or Orthopaedic Science, 4: 347-352
- ^ Hancharenka, V., Tuzikov, A., Arkhipau, V., & Kryvanos, A. (2009). Preoperative planning of pelvic and lower limbs surgery by CT image processing. Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, 19(1), 109-113.