Injury
Volume 40, Issue 10 , Pages 1036-1039 , October 2009

An unusual type of lateral compression injury of the pelvis tilt fracture with anterior displacement

  • Ahmet Yılmaz Şarlak

      Affiliations

    • Kocaeli University, School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kocaeli, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Kocaeli University School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Umuttepe Merkez Kampüsü, 41380 Umuttepe, Kocaeli, Turkey. Tel.: +90 262 303 73 59; fax: +90 262 303 70 03.
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  • Levent Buluç

      Affiliations

    • Kocaeli University, School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kocaeli, Turkey
    • ,
  • Hasan Tahsin Sarısoy

      Affiliations

    • Kocaeli University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Kocaeli, Turkey
    • ,
  • Ercüment Çiftçi

      Affiliations

    • Kocaeli University, School of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Kocaeli, Turkey
    • ,
  • Bilgehan Tosun

      Affiliations

    • Kocaeli University, School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Kocaeli, Turkey

,Accepted 7 November 2008.

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PII: S0020-1383(08)00517-2

doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2008.11.019

Injury
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