Fig. 2.

25-year-old male after high speed road traffic collision with combined pelvic and acetabular injury. Transverse right acetabular fracture and APC left hemi pelvis injury. Smoker of 30 cigarettes per day. Upper row AP, Iliac and Obturator oblique views of post-operative pelvic and acetabular fracture fixation. Middle row AP, Iliac and Obturator oblique views of patient 18 months post fixation showing failure of both anterior and posterior column fixation with broken plate and screws. Bottom row: axial cuts through CT scan showing non-union of transverse fracture line. AP pelvic radiograph 1-year post revision anterior and posterior fixation and bone grafting right acetabular fracture non-union showing united fracture.