ACUTE FRACTURES OF THE PELVIS

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We are prompted to report this series of 125 cases of acute fracture of the pelvis largely because of the fact that we consider such injuries as becoming much more common, owing to the increasing general use of the automobile with its attending accidents. There appears to be a wide divergence of opinion among members of the medical profession regarding the prognosis and treatment of fractures of the pelvis; some seem to believe that all fractures of the pelvis are more or less hopeless, and others appear to feel that such fractures are not to be considered seriously. Unless the profession as a whole can arrive at a conservative point of view between these extreme opinions there is no doubt that disastrous end-results in these cases will continue. We believe that these fractures treated properly, conservatively and rigidly will yield as brilliant results as those secured in any other major

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