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Home | LITFL | Eponymictionary | Malgaigne Fracture

Malgaigne Fracture

by Dr Mike Cadogan, last update December 5, 2018

Description

Malgaigne fracture is an unstable fracture of the pelvis. The Malgaigne fracture usually results from a vertical shear force causing two ipsilateral pelvic ring fractures. M

Fractures are ipsilateral and vertically orientated (one anterior and one posterior to the acetabulum)

The most common disruption involves the superior/inferior pubic rami AND sacroiliac joint/sacral wing rather than the sacroiliac joint with a lateral fragment containing the acetabulum.

Malgaine fracture 1847
Malgaigne Fracture

Associated Persons

  • Joseph François Malgaigne (1806 – 1865)

References

  • Malgaigne JF. Double vertical fractures of the pelvis. In: A Treatise on Fractures, Vol 1 (fractures) Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1859. pp523-527
  • Bucholz RW. The pathological anatomy of Malgaigne fracture-dislocations of the pelvis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1981 Mar;63(3):400-4. [PMID 7204439]

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