Symptomatic Hypertrophic Pubic Ramus Nonunion Treated With a Retrograde Medullary Screw
- 1 November 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma
- Vol. 14 (8) , 582-585
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005131-200011000-00012
Abstract
Pubic ramus fracture nonunion is an unusual problem. Percutaneous retrograde superior pubic ramus medullary screw fixation was successfully used in two patients with prolonged symptomatic nonunions of the superior pubic ramus.Keywords
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