Percutaneous iliolumbar screw fixation in a patient with unstable pelvic fracture and transitional lumbar vertebrae and cadaveric illustration of the fixation

Volume: 43 Number: 5 October 31, 2009
  • Mehmet Ayvaz
  • Guney Yilmaz
  • Erhan Akpinar
  • Rifat Acaroglu
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Percutaneous iliolumbar screw fixation in a patient with unstable pelvic fracture and transitional lumbar vertebrae and cadaveric illustration of the fixation

Abstract

Unstable pelvic ring fractures cause high rates of morbidity and mortality. Percutaneous iliosacral screws provide a safe pelvic fixation obviating large surgical exposures. The presence of transitional vertebrae may present difficulties in numbering and fluoroscopic identification of lumbar discs and vertebrae. We performed percutaneous iliolumbar screw fixation for an unstable pelvic fracture due to a traffic accident in a 20-year-old male patient with transitional lumbar vertebrae. No neurologic or vascular complications were seen and the patient returned to his preinjury work and was pain-free in the second postoperative year. In order to determine the anatomic relationship of the iliolumbar screw with the major neurovascular structures, a cadaveric study was performed on the corpse of an adult man. Following dissection, it was observed that the iliolumbar screw inserted from the lateral wall of the iliac wing passed through the iliopsoas muscle and advanced to the L5 vertebral corpus posterior to the fourth and fifth lumbar roots and with a reasonably distant course from the common iliac veins and arteries.

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Mehmet Ayvaz This is me

Guney Yilmaz This is me

Erhan Akpinar This is me

Rifat Acaroglu This is me

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October 31, 2009

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May 10, 2014

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Year 2009 Volume: 43 Number: 5

APA
Ayvaz, M., Yilmaz, G., Akpinar, E., & Acaroglu, R. (2009). Percutaneous iliolumbar screw fixation in a patient with unstable pelvic fracture and transitional lumbar vertebrae and cadaveric illustration of the fixation. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 43(5), 444-447. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v43i5.4051
AMA
1.Ayvaz M, Yilmaz G, Akpinar E, Acaroglu R. Percutaneous iliolumbar screw fixation in a patient with unstable pelvic fracture and transitional lumbar vertebrae and cadaveric illustration of the fixation. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2009;43(5):444-447. doi:10.3944/aott.v43i5.4051
Chicago
Ayvaz, Mehmet, Guney Yilmaz, Erhan Akpinar, and Rifat Acaroglu. 2009. “Percutaneous Iliolumbar Screw Fixation in a Patient With Unstable Pelvic Fracture and Transitional Lumbar Vertebrae and Cadaveric Illustration of the Fixation”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 43 (5): 444-47. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v43i5.4051.
EndNote
Ayvaz M, Yilmaz G, Akpinar E, Acaroglu R (October 1, 2009) Percutaneous iliolumbar screw fixation in a patient with unstable pelvic fracture and transitional lumbar vertebrae and cadaveric illustration of the fixation. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 43 5 444–447.
IEEE
[1]M. Ayvaz, G. Yilmaz, E. Akpinar, and R. Acaroglu, “Percutaneous iliolumbar screw fixation in a patient with unstable pelvic fracture and transitional lumbar vertebrae and cadaveric illustration of the fixation”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 43, no. 5, pp. 444–447, Oct. 2009, doi: 10.3944/aott.v43i5.4051.
ISNAD
Ayvaz, Mehmet - Yilmaz, Guney - Akpinar, Erhan - Acaroglu, Rifat. “Percutaneous Iliolumbar Screw Fixation in a Patient With Unstable Pelvic Fracture and Transitional Lumbar Vertebrae and Cadaveric Illustration of the Fixation”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 43/5 (October 1, 2009): 444-447. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v43i5.4051.
JAMA
1.Ayvaz M, Yilmaz G, Akpinar E, Acaroglu R. Percutaneous iliolumbar screw fixation in a patient with unstable pelvic fracture and transitional lumbar vertebrae and cadaveric illustration of the fixation. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2009;43:444–447.
MLA
Ayvaz, Mehmet, et al. “Percutaneous Iliolumbar Screw Fixation in a Patient With Unstable Pelvic Fracture and Transitional Lumbar Vertebrae and Cadaveric Illustration of the Fixation”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 43, no. 5, Oct. 2009, pp. 444-7, doi:10.3944/aott.v43i5.4051.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Ayvaz, Guney Yilmaz, Erhan Akpinar, Rifat Acaroglu. Percutaneous iliolumbar screw fixation in a patient with unstable pelvic fracture and transitional lumbar vertebrae and cadaveric illustration of the fixation. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2009 Oct. 1;43(5):444-7. doi:10.3944/aott.v43i5.4051