Two to Twenty-Year Survivorship of the Hip in 810 Patients with Operatively Treated Acetabular Fractures

Abstract

Open reduction and internal fixation of displaced acetabular fractures was able to successfully prevent the need for subsequent total hip arthroplasty within twenty years in 79% of the patients. The results represent benchmark comparative data for any future and past studies on the outcome of surgical fixation of acetabular fractures.