Bengaluru: Road accidents cannot only claim lives but can also leave a victim permanently disabled. With the increase in road accidents and increased incidents that can cause permanent disability, the country’s top orthopaedicians joined hands at the second annual conference of the association of pelvic acetabular surgeons held at Bengaluru, where the experts discussed about the latest technologies and surgeries that can help the victims of such accidents.

Fractures of the pelvis and acetabulum are among the most serious injuries treated by orthopaedic surgeons. Often the result of a traumatic incident such as a motor vehicle accident or a bad fall, pelvic and acetabular fractures require rapid and precise treatment and, in some cases, one or more surgical procedures. People of all ages are vulnerable to these injuries. In addition, some elderly patients with fragile bones due to osteoporosis, develop pelvic fractures and fractures of the acetabulum with a lower impact fall.

According to a recent survey, road traffic accidents are one of the major causes of disability for people in India. The disabilities include head injury, lower limb injuries and pelvis acetabular injuries. Worse, the road accidents are leading to an increase in fatality rate.

Many disabled people are losing hope in life, as they are unaware about the recent trends and treatments to overcome their disabilities, mostly for pelvic Injuries. Hence, the top orthopaedic surgeons came to the discussion table to brain storm the latest technologies and methods to treat these injuries. The conference was the first step in creating awareness about the recent treatments for pelvis acetabular fracture.

Dr. P K Raju, Professor of Victoria Hospital said in ancient times, pelvic acetabular fracture stabilisation was in its infancy. In most cases, open procedures with extensive surgical approaches were adopted. But, now with increased technological advancement, pelvic acetabular surgeries are managed by minimal invasive procedures to improve the functional outcome.

Management of Percutaneous screw fixations for pelvic acetabular fracture is one of the major challenges about which doctors are brainstorming in order to exchange their valuable ideas.

The conference focussed on the overview of pelvic fractures, acetabular fractures, treatment options, complications and their minimisation; evolution of pelvic and acetabular surgeries from ancient to modern times; advantages of modified and new approaches for pelvic acetabular surgeries; issues of early management and definitive fixation of pelvic acetabular injuries.

The topics were addressed by renowned national faculty, including, Dr. Pradeep Kothadia (President of AOPAS), Dr. Ramesh Sen and many other highly skilled and specialized doctors from India and abroad in the field of pelvic acetabular surgeries – said Dr. Prasanna (Organising secretary of AOPAS 2018.

During the conference, live demonstrations on patients including, cadaveric surgery demonstrations was organised.