Ewha Med J.  1980 Sep;3(3):127-133. 10.12771/emj.1980.3.3.127.

The Clinical Analysis of the Pelvic Fracture

• Choi KH
• Kang CN

• KMID: 1969576
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12771/emj.1980.3.3.127

Abstract

A clinical analysis was mode on the 106 cases of the pelvic fracture and summarized as follows. 1) The most frequent cause of pelvic fracture was the automobile accident with 77(72.7%) out of 106 cases. 2) The most common type of pelvic fracture was the fracture of single ramus of public bone in 45.2% of patient. Malgaigne fracture were eleven (10.4%) including four of verticak shear type and three lateral compression type. 3) The 76 cases (68.3%) out of 106 pelvic fracture had been accompanied other injuries elsewhere. 47 of those had fractures of other bone or dislocations and rest of them had soft tissue injuries. 4) The 21 cases had hematuria including nine cases of bladder or urethral injuries. Two cases out of six urethary injury had the late complication of urethral stricture. 5) The severe internal hemorrhage had complicated on nine cases. No surgical intervention was done, however, two of them were expired due to uncontrolable internal hemorrhage.

MeSH Terms

Automobiles
Dislocations
Hematuria
Hemorrhage
Humans
Soft Tissue Injuries
Urethral Stricture
Urinary Bladder