Objective: The purpose of this study is to determine the functional and radiological outcomes of modified stoppa approach for fixation of acetabular fractures.

Study Design: Descriptive Study

Place and Duration: Study was conducted at Orthopaedic department of Ayub Teaching Hospital Abbottabad, Fauji Foundation Hospital, Rawalpindi and Islamabad International Hospital E-11/4, Islamabad for duration of two years form July 2019 to June 2021.

Methods: There were thirty patients of both genders who had acetabular fractures were presented. Included patients were aged between 18-55 years. Patients' age, sex, body mass index and cause of fractures were recorded after taking informed written consent. Types of acetabular fractures were also recorded. Modified stoppa approach was used to operate acetabular fractures. Outcomes were operative time, radiological and functional outcomes were assessed in terms of excellent, good, fair and poor results. Post-operative complications and patients' satisfaction was also calculated. We used SPSS 24.0 version to analyze complete data.

Results: Among 30 cases, majority of the patients 20 (66.67%) were males and 10 (33.33%) were females with mean age 29.4±10.37 years. Mean body mass index of the presented patients was 23.7±7.25 kg/m². RTA was the most common cause found in 17 (56.67%), followed by fall from height in 8 (26.67%) and 5 (16.67%) fractures had other causes. Anterior wall fracture was the most common type found in 14 (46.67%) cases. Mean operative time was 3.87±13.18 hours. As per radiological outcomes, frequency of anatomical reduction found in 21 (73.3%) cases, not perfect found in 5 (16.67%) cases and poor results found in 4 (13.3%) patients. Majority of the cases 18 (60%) had good results in functional outcomes, excellent results in 7 (23.3%), fairs results in 3 (10%) cases and poor in 2 (6.67%) cases. Post-operative complications found in 2 (6.67%) cases. Satisfaction rate among patients was 86.67%.

Conclusion: We found in this study that the use of stoppa approach for fixation of acetabular fractures was effective and safe method in terms of good radiological and functional outcomes. Except this less operative time and less number of complications were calculated with high number of customer’s satisfaction.

Keywords: Acetabular Fractures, MSA, Complications, RTA