Musculoskeletal surgery
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Pelvic fractures account for 4-5% of all fracturated patients, and they occur in 4-5% of polytraumatized patients. In the most of the cases, they are consequent to high-energy trauma with a high percentage of lesions of other organs (cerebral, thoracic, and abdominal lesions. The most of the patients (80%) who die are dying within the first hours after trauma for a massive hemorrhagic shock. ⋯ The stabilization of the pelvis also makes it easier to manage the patient and his mobilization for the implementation of subsequent investigations. In our experience, external fixator accounts for its characteristics the gold standard approach for the urgent stabilization of these lesions, and, for most of them, it can be used as the definitive treatment. External fixation is a quick and easy procedure for pelvic fractures stabilization for surgeons with experience with this technique.