@article{ref1,
title="Pelvic injury in childhood: what is its current importance?",
journal="Acta ortopédica Brasileira",
year="2016",
author="Guerra, María Roxana Viamont and Braga, Susana dos Reis and Akkari, Miguel and Santili, Cláudio",
volume="24",
number="3",
pages="155-158",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to assess the importance of pelvic fractures in childhood by analyzing epidemiological characteristics and associated injuries. <br><br>METHODS: This is a retrospective study performed between 2002 and 2012 at two trauma referral centers in São Paulo. We identified 25 patients aged 16 years old or younger with pelvic fracture. <br><br>RESULTS: The main mechanism of trauma was traffic accident (80%), followed by fall from height (16%). At hospital admission, 92% had traumatic brain injury and 40% had hemodynamic instability. Besides pelvic fractures, 56% of the children had other associated injuries (genitourinary, abdominal, vascular, chest and neurological), and 79% of them required operative treatment. According to the Torode and Zieg classification, the majority of cases were types III and IV. Seventy-two percent of all pelvic fractures were treated by surgery; 52% involved external fixation and 20% involved open reduction and internal fixation. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The pelvic fractures in childhood can be considered a marker for injury severity, because the associated injuries usually are severe, needing operative treatment and leading to a high mortality rate (12%). Level of Evidence IV, Case Series.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1413-7852",
doi="10.1590/1413-785220162403157540",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1413-785220162403157540"
}