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Abstract
A 12 year retrospective review provides a group of 68 children with pelvic fractures.
The distribution and type of fractures are similar to those of adults. The most common
aetiology is an automobile-pedestrian accident. The average age is 8 years; male patients
are nearly twice as common. Over 73 per cent are stable injuries. The fractures rarely
occurred as isolated injuries. Morbidity is related to associated injury, both orthopaedic
and non-orthopaedic. One-third of patients had an associated head injury. Over 10
per cent of patients had a urethral injury, an incidence higher than in published
series. This review, coupled with a literature review, supports a nonoperative approach
in orthopaedic management of the child.
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Publication history
Accepted:
February 7,
1995
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© 1995 Published by Elsevier Inc.
