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Occult acetabular fracture in elderly patients

Enrique Guerado1, Juan Ramón Cano, Encarnación Cruz

  • 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital Costa del Sol, University of Malaga, Marbella (Malaga), Spain.

The Open Orthopaedics Journal
|January 4, 2013
PubMed
Summary

Occult acetabular fractures in elderly patients can be missed, especially after hip surgery. Prompt diagnosis using specific X-ray views is crucial to manage these challenging fractures and reduce complications.

Keywords:
Acetabular fractureelderlyfracturehip arthroplastymissed diagnosisocculttotal hip replacement

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