They are caused by direct trauma to the iliac wing, and are generally stable fractures as they do not disrupt the weight bearing pelvic ring.
[1] The fracture is named after the French surgeon Joseph Guichard Duverney who described the injury in his book Maladies des Os which was published posthumously in 1751.
[2] Malunion and deformity of the iliac wing can occur.
Injury to the internal iliac artery can occur, leading to hypovolaemic shock.
[3] Open reduction internal fixation is sometimes required to correct deformity,[4] and surgery may be required if there is damage to blood vessels, nerves or organs, or if the fracture is open.