Thank you Sam, for your comments. I'm grateful for this forum and exchange of ideas. What did people do before the internet, digital x rays, and email?!?
Interesting point about order of fixation. Thought-provoking.
Indeed there seems to be more evidence to the contrary re-dual plating, but in my opinion the limited anterior dissection isn't that much more (if at all), as I had already placed the pelvic reduction clamp anteriorly on 2 screws, and just placed the plate in those screw holes then added 1 more screw on either side. And, to my knowledge (which I admit is limited as I'm not as experienced as many who take care of these injuries), there is little or no harm to adding a second plate anteriorly.
Jeff
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