“…The early phase of pelvic fracture management remains a formidable clinical problem. The mortality rate ranges from 8% to 50%, [1][2][3][4][5][6] the large range being related to different classification systems used in various studies, inclusion of a mixture of severe and less severe fractures and of variable numbers of patients with multisystem trauma, and inclusion of patients treated before present concepts in trauma care that have improved management.…”