According to the Letournel and Judet classification of acetabular fractures, which one of the following is classified as an ELEMENTARY pattern?

• A T-shaped fracture
• B Both-column fracture
• C Transverse with posterior wall fracture
• D Transverse fracture ✓

Explanation

Letournel described five elementary patterns (posterior wall, posterior column, anterior wall, anterior column, and transverse) and five associated patterns (posterior column plus posterior wall, transverse plus posterior wall, T-shaped, anterior column plus posterior hemitransverse, and both-column). The transverse fracture is elementary because it consists of a single fracture line splitting the innominate bone into anterior and posterior segments.

Reference: Rockwood and Green's Fractures in Adults, 9th ed.

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