Saturday 4 March 2017

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Q.  Which injury is shown here in below radiograph?


a. Bucket handle fracture
b. Open Book fracture
c. Malgaigne fracture
d. Straddle fracture
e. Horse rider fracture























































































Answer -
d

The bilateral superior and inferior pubic ramii fractures are called straddle fractures

Open book is another variant of pelvis fracture with symphyseal injury or adjacent fracture with sacroiliac joint injuries.

Malgaigne fracure are unstable pelvic fractures with anterior and posterior injuries due to vertical axis forces.

There is no entity called horse rider's fracture. However, development of a bone in adductor magnus muscle is terned as Horse rider's bone.

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