Judet and Letournel classification for acetabular fractures

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The Judet and Letournel classification is the most widely used classification of acetabular fractures.

It is based on three radiographic views (anteroposterior view, obturator oblique view and Iliac oblique view) and classifies acetabular fractures into ten major fracture patterns, which consist of five simple patterns and five complex patterns.

Elementary patterns

The five simple fractures are the following:

Posterior wall
Posterior column
Transverse
Anterior column
Anterior wall

Associated

The five associated patterns are combinations of the simple patterns:

Posterior column + posterior wall fractures
Transverse + posterior wall fractures
T-shaped fracture
Anterior wall/column + posterior hemitransverse fracture
Bilateral-column fracture

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3. Durkee NJ, Jacobson J, Jamadar D, Karunakar MA, Morag Y, Hayes C. Classification of common acetabular fractures: radiographic and CT appearances. (2006) AJR. American journal of roentgenology. 187 (4): 915-25. <a href="https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.05.1269">doi:10.2214/AJR.05.1269</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16985135">Pubmed</a>
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5. Scheinfeld MH, Dym AA, Spektor M, Avery LL, Dym RJ, Amanatullah DF. Acetabular fractures: what radiologists should know and how 3D CT can aid classification. Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc. 35 (2): 555-77. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1148/rg.352140098">doi:10.1148/rg.352140098</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25763739">Pubmed</a>

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