The epidemiology of pelvic fractures in the Mersey Region

• Published in: Injury Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 199 - 204
• Main Authors: Muir, L., Boot, D., Gorman, D.F., Teanby, D.N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01-04-1996; Elsevier
• Subjects: Abdominal Injuries - epidemiology; Abdominal Injuries - etiology; Abdominal Injuries - therapy; Accidental Falls; Accidents, Traffic; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Cause of Death; Child; Child, Preschool; Critical Care; England - epidemiology; Fractures, Bone - epidemiology; Fractures, Bone - etiology; Fractures, Bone - therapy; Humans; Infant; Injuries of the limb. Injuries of the spine; Injury Severity Score; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Pelvic Bones - injuries; Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents; England; Human; Abdominal disease; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Fracture; Pelvis bone; Epidemiology; Statistical study; Multiple injury; Trauma; Abdomen; Gravity
• ISSN: 0020-1383; 1879-0267
• DOI: 10.1016/0020-1383(95)00195-6

The Mersey Region Trauma Survey was performed over 12 months in 1989 and 1990 to study the epidemiology of trauma in a population of 3 200 000. All deaths from injuries, and all survivors with an injury severity score of 15 or over were included, giving a total of 1088 cases. This paper, primarily epidemiological, considers those victims with a pelvic fracture (153 patients), and especially those who reached hospital alive (111 patients). The epidemiology, hospital care and mortality are considered, but the specific management of individual fractures is not.