Abstract
Injuries of the pelvic ring are usually seen in multiple trauma victims (Fig. 20.1). The major threat from pelvic ring injuries is blood loss, the source being the fracture surfaces as well as arterial and venous bleeding. Major haemorrhage may be the consequence and be responsible for death due to uncontrollable hypovolaemia. Mortality rates in unstable pelvic fractures range from 8.6 to 22.2 per cent. Open injuries considerably increase the likelihood of a fatal outcome. In the treatment protocol pelvic ring injuries have the highest priority of all skeletal injuries in polytrauma.
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Pennig, D., Gausepohl, T. (2000). External Fixation in Pelvic Ring Injuries: the Pelvic Fixator. In: De Bastiani, G., Apley, A.G., Goldberg, A. (eds) Orthofix External Fixation in Trauma and Orthopaedics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0691-3_20
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