Rationales for the Bernese approaches in acetabular surgery

Keel, M J B; Ecker, T M; Siebenrock, K-A; Bastian, Johannes D. (2012). Rationales for the Bernese approaches in acetabular surgery. European journal of trauma and emergency surgery, 38(5), pp. 489-498. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag 10.1007/s00068-012-0229-3

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PURPOSE: To present two new approaches to acetabular surgery that were established in Berne, and which aim at enhanced visualization and anatomical reconstruction of acetabular fractures. METHOD: The trochanteric flip osteotomy allows for surgical hip dislocation, and was introduced as a posterior approach for acetabular fracture management involving the posterior column and wall. For acetabular fractures predominantly involving the anterior column and the quadrilateral plate, the Pararectus approach is described. RESULTS: Full exposure of the hip joint, as provided by the trochanteric flip osteotomy, facilitates anatomical reduction of acetabular or femoral head fractures and safe positioning of the anterior column screw in transverse or T-shaped fractures. Additionally, the approach enables osteochondral transplantation as a salvage procedure for severe chondral femoral head damage and osteoplasty of an associated inadequate offset at the femoral head-neck junction. The Pararectus approach allows anatomical restoration with minimal access morbidity, and combines advantages of the ilioinguinal and modified Stoppa approaches. CONCLUSIONS: Utilization of the trochanteric flip osteotomy eases visualization of the superior aspect of the acetabulum, and enables the evaluation and treatment of chondral lesions of the femoral head or acetabulum and labral tears. Displaced fractures of the anterior column with a medialized quadrilateral plate can be addressed successfully through the Pararectus approach, in which surgical access is associated with minimal morbidity. However, long-term results following the two presented Bernese approaches are needed to confirm that in the treatment of complex acetabular fractures the rate of poor results in almost one-third of all cases (as currently yielded using traditional approaches) might be reduced by the utilization of the presented novel approaches.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Orthopaedic, Plastic and Hand Surgery (DOPH) > Clinic of Orthopaedic Surgery

UniBE Contributor:

Keel, Marius, Ecker, Timo Michael, Siebenrock, Klaus-Arno, Bastian, Johannes Dominik

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1863-9933

Publisher:

Springer-Verlag

Language:

English

Submitter:

Factscience Import

Date Deposited:

04 Oct 2013 14:30

Last Modified:

02 Mar 2023 23:21

Publisher DOI:

10.1007/s00068-012-0229-3

PubMed ID:

23162669

Web of Science ID:

000310971100002

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.11549

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/11549 (FactScience: 217751)

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