Tile classification
{{Short description|System of categorizing pelvic fractures}}
The Tile classification is a system of categorizing pelvic fractures based on fracture pattern,{{cite journal | title=Pelvic ring fractures: should they be fixed? | author=Tile M | journal=J Bone Joint Surg Br |date=Jan 1988 | volume=70 | issue=1 | pages=1–12 | pmid=3276697}} allowing judgment on the stability of the pelvic ring.
Classification
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! Tile Classification ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 |
| A - stable
| Innominate bone avulsion or wing fracture | Stable ring fracture with intact posterior arch |
| B - rotationally unstable/vertically stable
| Open-book external rotation injury | Young-Burgess lateral compression type internal rotation injury | Bilateral |
| C - rotationally and vertically unstable
| Unilateral with intact contralateral side | Unilateral with incomplete contralateral side | Bilateral |