title: [Epidemiological investigation of pelvic fracture in 9 third-tier hospitals in 5 cities in Hunan].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the epidemiological characteristics and treatment situation of pelvic fractures in 5 cities in Hunan, improve the treatment and provide epidemiological data for policymakers.
  
  
  METHODS
  The clinical data of 65 patients with pelvic fractures were collected from 9 third-tier hospitals in Hunan from October 2012 to March 2013. The gender, age, cause, volume of blood transfusion, and prognosis were analyzed with SPSS 13.0.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were 44 male and 21 female patients (2.10:1.00). The age ranged from11 to 86 years and 74.6% of the patients were between 20 and 59. The main cause was traffic injury (30 cases, 46.2%) and fall injury (22 cases, 33.8%). About 73.8% patients suffered associated injuries all over the body. By Tile's classification of pelvic fractures, the average blood transfusion of type A was 483.33 mL, that of type B was 1 026.92 mL and type C was 1 905.56 mL. Compared with type A, the treatment outcome of type C patients was worse.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pelvic fractures are mostly caused in young and middle-aged males by high-energy. Tile C pelvic fractures need more blood transfusion and have poor prognosis. Patients had better be taken straight to municipal hospitals by expertise. Safety education for high-risk groups should be enhanced to reduce the incidence of pelvic fractures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha 410008, China.
authors.forename: Junxiao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Kanghua
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D002947:Cities; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult