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In patients seen more than 4 months after injury, remodelling of the fracture site is generally complete. The initial landmarks on which perfect reconstruction depends have disappeared under the callus formation, and consequently the difficulties of open reduction and internal fixation are significantly increased. Even today, in many places, reconstruction is abandoned in these cases in favour of attempted salvage by total hip arthroplasty.
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Letournel, E., Judet, R., Elson, R.A. (1993). Operative Treatment More Than Four Months After Injury. In: Elson, R.A. (eds) Fractures of the Acetabulum. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75435-7_30
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