Open Book Fracture
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Introduction
An "Open-book” pelvic fracture suggests a diastasis and/or a fracture of the pubic rami with a posterior pelvic disruption of the sacro-iliac joint. <a class="external" href="http://www.springerlink.com/content/y376746r2458q663/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.springerlink.com/content/y376746r2458q663/</a>
Imaging
<a class="external" href="http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OiuuUm8hDfUC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=open+book+fracture&source=bl&ots=q-P1B-AZa3&sig=Ry_mgZMFj3Up7N4Q6eYF18yOT70&hl=en&ei=Y8k4Ss-hMsOMkAXC_t2cDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=14" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Marvin Tile, David Helfet, James Kellam</a>
<a class="external" href="http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OiuuUm8hDfUC&pg=PA173&lpg=PA173&dq=open+book+fracture&source=bl&ots=q-P1B-AZa3&sig=Ry_mgZMFj3Up7N4Q6eYF18yOT70&hl=en&ei=Y8k4Ss-hMsOMkAXC_t2cDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=14" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fractures of the pelvis and acetabulum, 2003, p 173</a>
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