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European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

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01-08-2019 | Original Article

EASY (endoscopic approach to the symphysis): a new minimally invasive approach for the plate osteosynthesis of the symphysis and the anterior pelvic ring—a cadaver study and first clinical results

Authors: Markus Alexander Küper, Alexander Trulson, Inga Maria Trulson, Christian Minarski, Leonard Grünwald, Christoph Gonser, Christian Bahrs, Bernhard Hirt, Ulrich Stöckle, Fabian Maria Stuby

Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery | Issue 4/2019

Abstract

Background

Minimally invasive surgical approaches to reduce approach-associated morbidity are an interdisciplinary goal in surgery. In principle, the endoscopic approach for the extraperitoneal repair of groin hernias is the minimally invasive variant of the modified Stoppa-approach, which is used for the treatment of pelvic ring injuries in traumatology.

Method

Anatomical feasibility study regarding the plate osteosynthesis of the anterior pelvic ring via a minimally invasive variant of the modified Stoppa-approach.

Results

We present the minimally invasive variant of the modified Stoppa-approach in a human cadaver step by step, both photographically and radiologically. Feasibility of the plate osteosynthesis of the symphysis is presented in a patient with open book injury via the minimally invasive approach using standard laparoscopic instruments.

Conclusion

The plate osteosynthesis of the anterior pelvic ring via the minimally invasive variant of the modified Stoppa-approach is feasible with existing standard laparoscopic instruments.

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Title: EASY (endoscopic approach to the symphysis): a new minimally invasive approach for the plate osteosynthesis of the symphysis and the anterior pelvic ring—a cadaver study and first clinical results
Authors: Markus Alexander Küper
Alexander Trulson
Inga Maria Trulson
Christian Minarski
Leonard Grünwald
Christoph Gonser
Christian Bahrs
Bernhard Hirt
Ulrich Stöckle
Fabian Maria Stuby
Publication date: 01-08-2019
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery / Issue 4/2019
Print ISSN: 1863-9933
Electronic ISSN: 1863-9941
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-018-0928-5

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