Open AccessTime to definitive fixation of pelvic and acetabular fractures
Author(s) -
Giles L Devaney,
James Bulman,
Kate King,
Zsolt J. Balogh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
the journal of trauma and acute care surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.25
H-Index - 187
eISSN - 2163-0763
pISSN - 2163-0755
DOI - 10.1097/ta.0000000000002860
Subject(s) - medicine , polytrauma , interquartile range , pelvic fracture , intensive care unit , demographics , trauma center , injury severity score , surgery , fixation (population genetics) , statistical significance , prospective cohort study , pelvis , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , poison control , injury prevention , population , demography , environmental health , sociology
The timing of definitive surgical stabilization is a controversial topic of pelvic and acetabular fracture (PAF) management. Historically, staged care with delayed definitive fixation was recommended; however, more recently, some centers have shown early definitive fixation to be feasible in most patients. We hypothesized that time to definitive fixation of PAF decreased without adverse outcomes.