The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume
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J Bone Joint Surg Am · Nov 2019
Multicenter StudyThree-Column Classification for Acetabular Fractures: Introduction and Reproducibility Assessment.
The Judet-Letournel classification has been widely used to diagnose acetabular fractures since it was proposed. However, there has been growing evidence of incompleteness and comprehension difficulty in this classification, which may adversely affect its clinical use. The purposes of this study were to introduce a novel 3-column classification system for acetabular fractures and to evaluate its reliability and reproducibility. ⋯ The 3-column concept of the acetabulum proposed in this study is helpful to master acetabular fractures for less experienced surgeons. The novel classification system could assist with acetabular fracture diagnosis and the choice of surgical approaches.