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  • Title: A study of external skeletal fixation systems for unstable pelvic fractures.
    Author: Dahners LE, Jacobs RR, Jayaraman G, Cepulo AJ.
    Journal: J Trauma; 1984 Oct; 24(10):876-81. PubMed ID: 6492218.
    Abstract:
    This study was undertaken to determine the feasibility of constructing an anterior pelvic external fixator capable of resisting displacement of vertical shear fractures. Newly designed tapered thread pins for cancellous bone had better bone pin fixation and their greater 6-mm diameter provided more than twice the stiffness of Hoffmann 4-mm pins when tested in clusters. Using these pins and a more rigid anterior frame as one model, various pelvic fixators were tested to determine their resistance to vertical shear forces. These tests determined that this new fixator was 16 times stiffer than a Bonnel single anterior frame and five times stiffer than a double anterior frame (both constructed of Hoffmann components). Extrapolation from the data shows that 13 mm of posterior fracture displacement would occur with loads of one half body weight using the new fixator. Additionally it was noted that Hoffmann frames constructed with two 5-mm pins performed as well as those using three 4-mm pins.
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