Imaging Acetabular Fractures

David Dreizin; Christina A LeBedis; Jason W Nascone

doi:10.1016/j.rcl.2019.02.004

Imaging Acetabular Fractures

Radiol Clin North Am. 2019 Jul;57(4):823-841. doi: 10.1016/j.rcl.2019.02.004. Epub 2019 Apr 1.

Authors

David Dreizin¹, Christina A LeBedis², Jason W Nascone³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. Electronic address: daviddreizin@gmail.com.
² Department of Radiology, Boston University Medical Center, 715 Albany Street, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
³ Department of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, 22 South Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA.

PMID: 31076035
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2019.02.004

Abstract

Acetabular fractures are encountered by radiologists in a wide spectrum of practice settings. The radiologist's value in the acute and long-term management of acetabular fractures is augmented by familiarity with systematic computed tomography-based algorithms that streamline and simplify Judet-Letournel fracture typing, together with an appreciation of the role of imaging in initial triage, operative decision making, postoperative assessment, prognostication, and evaluation of complications. The steep increase in incidence of acetabular fractures in the elderly over the past several decades places special emphasis on familiarity with geriatric fracture patterns.

Keywords: Acetabular fractures; Cinematic rendering; Column fractures; Computed tomography; Surface rendering; Transverse fractures; Wall fractures.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Acetabulum / diagnostic imaging*
Acetabulum / injuries*
Fractures, Bone / diagnostic imaging*
Hip Fractures / diagnostic imaging*
Humans
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*