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SUBMITTER: Durao C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5574859 | biostudies-other | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Durão Carlos C Alves Magda M Barros André A Pedrosa Frederico F
Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma 20170530 Suppl 1
Hip fractures with unstable pelvic ring have great morbidity and mortality rates. These fractures result from high energy trauma such as falls from heights, road accidents and collapsing structures or other similar mechanisms of action. We report the case of a 63 years old man, construction worker, who stood inside a ditch during a wall construction when he was surprised by this collapse, which resulted in direct trauma to the right thigh and pelvis. The autopsy revealed diaphysis fracture of th ...[more]