[Treatment of acetabular fractures. 1. Indications for surgical approaches]

The results of surgical treatment of fractures of the acetabulum depend on the selection of the surgical approach. Therefore the authors focused their attention on the surgical approaches which are best known and used most frequently at present. They present a review and brief characteristic of different surgical approaches. On a group of 70 fractures in the region of the acetabulum they demonstrate their own practical experience with the application of different approaches. Based on their experiences and analysis of data reported in the literature, they submit indications of these approaches when dealing with actual traumatological situations in the region of the injured acetabulum.