Anatomical Position of the Corona Mortis Relative to the Anteroposterior and Inlet Views

Overview

Journal Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol

Specialty Orthopedics

Date 2021 Apr 22

PMID 33885982

Authors

Tomoki Wada

Yoshiaki Itoigawa

Tomoko Wakejima

Akihisa Koga

Koichiro Ichimura

Yuichiro Maruyama

Muneaki Ishijima

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Abstract

Purpose: Although pubic ramus fractures are common in the elderly, resultant hemodynamic instability is a rare complication. The corona mortis, a vascular anastomosis between the obturator vessels and the external iliac vessels in the retropubic space, is occasionally damaged by fractures of the pubic ramus, causing significant hemorrhage. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence and anatomical position of the corona mortis on the anteroposterior and inlet views.

Methods: Sixty-one cadavers (122 hemipelvizes) were dissected and the incidence of the corona mortis was evaluated. Photographs were then taken simulating anteroposterior and inlet radiographs, and labeled as the anteroposterior and inlet views. The distance from the pubic symphysis to the corona mortis was measured on each of the two views.

Results: The corona mortis was present in 76.1% of hemipelvizes. The corona mortis traverses along the periosteum of the dorsal surface of the pubis. The incidence of arterial corona mortis was 28.3% and that of venous corona mortis was 76.1%. The distance from the superior margin of the symphysis pubis to the corona mortis measured 47.7 ± 9.9 (45.9-49.6) mm on the anteroposterior view, and 59.4 ± 9.2 (57.3-61.5) mm on the inlet view.

Conclusions: In order to predict possible hemodynamic instability of the corona mortis following pubic ramus fractures, it is of clinical significance to precisely establish the anatomical position of the corona mortis on the anteroposterior and inlet views.

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