Minimally invasive surgical treatment using 'iliac pillar' screw for isolated iliac wing fractures in geriatric patients: a new challenge.

Geriatric patients can have a form of IIWF caused by low-energy trauma that is a type of fragility fracture of the pelvis. Because subsequent deterioration of their walking status followed by a long period of non-weight bearing in geriatric patients could be as threatening as the fracture itself, the treatment paradigm for IIWF due to low-energy trauma in geriatric patients should differ from that due to high-energy trauma in most patients. In these types of fractures, minimally invasive surgical management that includes iliac pillar screw fixation can lead to good outcomes.