TRAFFIC INJURIES OF THE PELVIS AT ST VINCENT'S HOSPITAL, MELBOURNE

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Abstract
Seven hundred and thirteen patients were admitted to St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, in the 12 years from 1956 to 1967, with fractures and/or dislocations of the pelvis—that is, one to two per week. The records of these patients were studied in order to discern the patterns of skeletal injury, the fate of those with traffic injuries of the pelvis, and the incidence of major damage to pelvic viscera. This study takes no account of those with injuries of the pelvis who died before reaching hospital. According to Jamieson and Tait (1966) and Tonge et alii (1967), approximately half of the deaths due to traffic injury occur within half an hour of the accident.

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