Table 3.
Clinical results of published studies on definitive external fixation of pelvic fractures
| Author | Number of patients | Pin location | Site infection | Loss of reduction | Aseptic loosening | LFCN injury | Revision surgery | Malunion | Nonunion | HO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scaglione et al. [16], 2010 | 37 | C + S | 35% | 0 | 19% | 0 | 8% | 0 | ||
| Solomon et al. [17], 2009 | 18 | S | 20% | 6% | 0 | 7% | 6% | 0 | ||
| Bellabarba et al. [2], 2006 | 14 | S | 29% | 0 | 0 | 7% | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gänsslen et al. [4], 2005 | 45 | C | 5% | 0 | 0 | 2% | ||||
| Mason et al. [13], 2005 | 52 | C | 50% | 4% | 10% | 17% | 0 | |||
| Arazi et al. [1], 2000 | 41 | C | 19% | 12% | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tucker et al. [19], 2000 | 40 | C | 2.5% | 7.5% | 7.5% | 10% | 0 | |||
| Lindahl et al. [11], 1999 | 110 | C | 24% | 60% | 2% | 2% | 0 | 58% | 5% | |
| Hupel et al. [7], 1998 | 42 | C | 0% | 17% | 17% | 0 | ||||
| Riemer et al. [15], 1993 | 48 | C | 12% | 0 | ||||||
| Majeed [12], 1990 | 42 | C | 34% | 19% | ||||||
| Wild et al. [21], 1982 | 43 | C | 23% | 28% | 21% | 0 | ||||
| Mears and Fu [14], 1980 | 11 | C | 18% | 0 | ||||||
| Current study | 91 | S | 3% | 2% | 0% | 30%/1% | 6% | 0 | 30% |
LFCN = lateral femoral cutaneous nerve; HO = heterotopic ossification; C = screws placed in the iliac crest; S = subcristal or supraacetabular screws.