title: Outcome after pelvic ring fractures: evaluation using the medical outcomes short form SF-36.
abstract: Fifty-five multiply injured patients with operatively treated unstable pelvic fractures were evaluated for patient-oriented outcome measures. Forty-six adult patients were eligible to complete the SF-36 medical outcome score and completed the SF-36 eight scale medical outcome score by postal questionnaire at a mean follow up to 2 years. The average Injury Severity Score of the eligible patients was 17.5. The average age of the patients was 32 years and 8 months. Fractures were classified by the Tile classification and there were 13 type B and 33 type C pelvic fractures. Seventy-six per cent of patients responded to the surgery. There was a 14 per cent impairment in physical outcome score and a 5.5 per cent impairment in mental outcome score compared with the normal population. The physical and mental outcome of multiply injured patients with pelvic fractures can be measured objectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, Shropshire, UK.
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Oliver
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Twaddle
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Agel
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Routt
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005592:Fracture Fixation; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000601:surgery*; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome