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From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Failure of internal fixation of the anterior ring for unstable pelvic fractures, the experience of a single institute

Fig. 1

A 43-year-old man (Case 5 in Table 1) had a pelvic fracture (Tile C2 type) (A) due to falling from a height, without combined visceral organ damage. In the initial surgery, the anterior pelvic ring was fixed with a plate (B) and then the posterior ring was fixed with sacroiliac screws. Two weeks after surgery, (C) radiographic image showed failure of anterior ring internal fixation. (D) The patient underwent revision surgery to re-fix the anterior ring to the upper edge of the contralateral acetabulum with an extended steel plate

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