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- Discussion:
    - its the most common pelvic fracture pattern;
    - involves compression injury to sacrum, w/ cancellous impaction;
         - sacral injury is often not identified & frx pattern is often misidentified as isolated pubic ramus frx;
         - sacral compression frxs are usually stable since cancellous bone of sacrum is impacted;

- Radiographs:
    - sacral impaction frx are best noted by observing borders of sacral foramina for discontinuity on inlet view;
          - discontinuity identifies the injury as an LC type;

- AO Type B2.1
    - lateral compressive force applied to the hemipelvis, crushes SI complex & causes anterior injury on the same side;
    - anterior injury may involve frx of both superior & inferior pubic rami which may be overriding;
    - posterior injury is a compression fracture of anterior of anterior aspect of the sacrum;
    - intact tension band of the pelvis as well as an intact pelvic floor do not allow vertical displacement in this injury type;
          - it has internal rotational instability but is vertically stable

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