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Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology

Table 1 Results

From: Open technique for supra-acetabular pin placement in pelvic external fixation: a cadaveric study

Pelvis

Side

Technique

LFCN to pin distance (mm)

AIIS to pin distance (mm)

Hip capsule to acetabulum distance (mm)

Medial pin inclination (°)

Cephalad pin inclination (°)

1

L

Open

20

5

12

5

20

R

PQ

30

25

10

20

20

2

L

PQ

10

20

10

40

20

R

Open

30

35

25

10

0

3

L

Open

2

20

13

40

20

R

PQ

15

15

12

45

20

4

L

PQ

21

13

10

38

35

R

Open

10

0

12

20

10

5

L

Open

20

0

10

21

10

R

PQ

NA

20

10

21

10

6

L

PQ

15

15

11

23

22

R

Open

0

20

16

20

5

7

L

Open

4

0

9

22

12

R

PQ

20

13

12

31

2

8

L

PQ

20

0

8

25

25

R

Open

10

9

11

20

15

Mean

  

15

13

12

25

15

  1. LFCN lateral femoral cutaneous nerve of the thigh, AIIS anteroinferior iliac spine, PQ percutaneous, NA not found