Halıcı Mehmet, Karaman İbrahim, Kafadar İbrahim Halil, Argün Ali Saltuk
Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Medical Faculty of Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey.
Eklem Hastalik Cerrahisi. 2013;24(2):121-3. doi: 10.5606/ehc.2013.27.
Locked symphysis pubis is a kind of pelvic injury in which one pubic bone is jammed in the back of the other or opposite the obturator foramen following lateral compression forces. In this article, we present a 31-year-old female case of locked symphysis pubis which was treated by closed reduction using tubular external fixator. We believe that tubular external fixators are useful devices to perform closed reduction maneuvers for locked pelvic injuries and also help to reduce the need for open reduction and internal implant usage.
