5 Simple or Elementary fracture types: 20% of acetabular fractures
- Posterior wall (PW)
- Posterior column (PC)
- Anterior wall (AW)
- Anterior column (AC)
- pure Transverse (pT)
5 Combined fracture types: 80% of acetabular fractures
- Posterior column and posterior wall (PCPW)
- Transverse and posterior wall (TPW)
- T-shaped (T)
- Anterior column and posterior hemitransverse (ACPHT)
- Associated both column (ABC)
Algorithm for acetabular fracture classification
| Iliopectineal/Ilioischial line breakage | Obturator ring (inferior pubic ramus) | Posterior wall | Ilium | Spur sign | Fracture classification |
| Isolated iliopectineal line | Intact | Anterior wall (AW) | |||
| Broken | Anterior column (AC) | ||||
| Isolated ilioischial line | Intact | Posterior wall (PW) | |||
| Broken | Intact | Posterior column (PC) | |||
| Broken | Broken | Posterior column + Posterior wall (PCPW) | |||
| Both | Intact | Intact | pure Transverse (pT) | ||
| Intact | Broken | Transverse + Posterior wall (TPW) | |||
| Broken | Intact | T-type (T) | |||
| Broken | Broken | Absent | Anterior column + Posterior hemitransverse (ACPHT) | ||
| Broken | Broken | Present | Associated both column (ABC) |
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