Dr. Mullis explains if a woman can give birth to a child after incurring an acetabular fracture.
Dr. Mullis:
It’s possible and since an acetabular fracture really is talking more about the hip joint than the pelvis, it really doesn’t affect childbirth.
About Dr. Mullis, M.D.:
Dr. Brian Mullis, M.D., is the Chief of Orthopaedic Trauma Service and Assistant Professor of Clinical Orthopaedics in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Indiana University School of Medicine. He has a special clinical interest in orthopaedic trauma and post-traumatic complications with a focus on pelvis and acetabulum fractures, peri-articular fractures of both upper and lower extremity, bone healing, nonunions, malunions, deformity and post-traumatic infections.
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