Fig. 2

A male patient, 38 years old, presented with a posterior wall fracture of the left acetabulum. A, preoperative plain radiographs and CT scans showing the intraarticular incarcerated posterior wall fragment (white arrow) and a loose intraarticular fragment (red arrow). B, an intraoperative image showing the femoral distractor assisted hip joint distraction, which helped retrieve the posterior wall incarcerated fragment. C, post-operative plain radiographs and CT scans showing fracture anatomical reduction and clearance of the hip joint space