Historical Treatment Results of Pelvic Ring Fractures: A 12-year Cohort Study.

Background: Since the Academic Medical Center Amsterdam was appointed as a level-1 trauma center in July 1997, the number of polytrauma patients who were presented has increased. This stimulated us to perform a retrospective analysis on the treatment results of patients with a pelvic ring fracture and to evaluate our treatment strategies.

Materials And Methods: A chart review of all patients with a partially stable fracture (Tile/AO type B) or an unstable fracture (Tile/AO type C) was performed.

A Retrospective Study of Five Clinical Criteria and One Age Criterion for Selective Prehospital Spinal Immobilization.

Unlabelled: Full spinal immobilization of blunt trauma victims is a widely accepted prehospital measure, applied in order to prevent (further) damage to the spinal cord. However, looking at the marginal evidence that exists for the effectiveness of spinal immobilization, and the growing evidence for the negative effects following immobilization, a more selective protocol might be able to reduce possible morbidity and mortality as good as the present prehospital immobilization protocol. In a retrospective study, the sensitivity of a selective prehospital immobilization protocol that adds an age criterion to five clinical spine clearance criteria is examined.