The incidence of pelvic fractures and related surgery in the Finnish adult population: a nationwide study of 33,469 patients between 1997 and 2014.

Background and purpose - Information on the epidemiological trends of pelvic fractures and fracture surgery in the general population is limited. We therefore determined the incidence of pelvic fractures in the Finnish adult population between 1997 and 2014 and assessed the incidence and trends of fracture surgery.Patients and methods - We used data from the Finnish National Discharge Register (NHDR) to calculate the incidence of pelvic fractures and fracture surgery.

The incidence and trauma mechanisms of acetabular fractures: A nationwide study in Finland between 1997 and 2014.

Purpose: Information on the incidence of acetabular fractures of the pelvis is limited. Epidemiological data is often based on specific trauma registers, individual trauma centres or on trends of all pelvic fractures grouped together. The primary aim of this study was to determine the incidence and trends of hospital-treated acetabular fractures in the Finnish population from 1997 to 2014.