Open AccessEpidemiology of pelvic and acetabular fractures across 12-mo at a level-1 trauma centre
Author(s) -
Rory Cuthbert,
Samuel Walters,
David Ferguson,
Edward Karam,
Jonathan Ward,
Homa Arshad,
Paul Culpan,
Peter Bates
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
world journal of orthopedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 43
ISSN - 2218-5836
DOI - 10.5312/wjo.v13.i8.744
Subject(s) - medicine , epidemiology , major trauma , acetabular fracture , pelvic fracture , injury severity score , surgery , injury prevention , poison control , emergency medicine , pelvis , acetabulum
Despite motor-vehicle safety advancements and increasingly rigorous workplace safety regulations, trauma/suicide remains the leading cause of death under the age of 45 in the United Kingdom. To promote centralisation of care and optimisation of major trauma outcomes, in 2012 the National Health Service introduced the Trauma Network System. To our knowledge, this is the first study to analyse the epidemiology of pelvic and acetabular trauma over a one-year period at a level-1 trauma centre in the United Kingdom, since nationwide introduction of the Trauma Network System.