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ABSTRACT

Generally, pelvis fractures are caused by high energy accidents, and, in the majority of the cases, young people of the working age are the ones affected because they are more prone to being exposed to this type of injuries. From all the possible injuries of the musculoskeletal system, pelvis fractures occur approximately 3-4% of the time, and 5% of them are mechanical and hemodynamically unstable. Its incidence is of about 35 fractures for every 100,000 people. The mortality rate is really high. In closed fractures, the rate is about 10-20%, in which 2 patients out of 10 die, and, when the case involves an exposed fracture, the mortality rate increases in about 50%, which means that out of 2 patients, 1 will die. When thoracoabdominal injuries or Cranioencephalic trauma also occur, this rate increases in a linear way. Because of all these reasons, the present article has the mission to help as a concrete guide about what people should do when different types pelvic fractures occur, and also, to be able to «Control the damage» to be able to reduce the mortality rate and all the other injuries and sequels that tend to come with this specific type of injuries.

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