Pelvi-Acetabular Fixations__My Worst Case Scenarios and Lessons Learnt

The first Pelvi-acetabular fixation workshop in India was organized by Synthes at the Taj, Mumbai quite a few years ago, and I happened to attend. It was a fascinating subject and petty absorbing. Coming back after the workshop, I realized two hurdles at my Government Medical college institution. There would be no funds to purchase the set of instruments, and Synthes at that time was not into lending out the instrument sets even if you were buying their implants. The alternative was to make do with Indian implants and local instrument sets. These included the bare essential forceps. There was no bending press for the implants, so essential as there were no pre-bent plates. Screw sets were grossly inadequate and deficient, all of which I was to realize to my chagrin.