Functional Outcomes of Surgical Management of Posterior Wall Acetabular Fractures: A Prospective Study

Rajesh Senapati, Alok Sahu, Debashish Meher, Hemanth Raj · 2026

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Rajesh Senapati and three co-authors report a 2026 study on surgery for a hard hip injury: breaks of the back wall of the hip socket. Such breaks are tricky to fix, since the socket sits deep among large muscles and vital structures. The team tracked how patients fared after open repair with plates and screws.

Twenty patients, mostly middle-aged men hurt in road crashes, were followed for eighteen months. Surgeons restored the joint surface exactly in about two thirds of cases. Hip scores rated most results good, and seven in ten patients landed in the good-to-excellent range. Earlier surgery and an exact fit of the joint went with better scores. The authors urge prompt, careful repair, while noting that bigger studies with longer follow-up are still needed.

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CREATORRajesh Senapati, Alok Sahu, Debashish Meher, Hemanth Raj
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE42 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13552058

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