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Case Reports
. 2021 Jul 8;11(3).
doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.20.00835.

Pubic Diastasis in Polytrauma Patients: Traumatic or Congenital?: A Report of 2 Cases

Muhammed Shamseer C  1 , Alagu Pandiyan  2 , Anush Rao P  1 , Muhammed Shafeekh  2 , Bipin Theruvil  1
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Pubic Diastasis in Polytrauma Patients: Traumatic or Congenital?: A Report of 2 Cases

Muhammed Shamseer C et al. JBJS Case Connect. .

Abstract

Case: We report 2 patients who were involved in high-velocity road traffic accidents. Both these patients had congenital pubic diastasis with very subtle clinical and radiological signs that were misdiagnosed as posttraumatic diastasis on initial radiographic evaluation.

Conclusion: Trauma surgeons should be aware of this anomaly because congenital pubic diastasis could present without any major clinical signs and could easily be mistaken for a traumatic diastasis.

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