Abstract
The aim of the study is to present results showing whether a pelvic injury in polytraurna patients means a high risk of mortality. The retrospective study (January 2001 - December 2006) included 453 polytrauma patients (130 women, 323 men) with ISS exceeding 16 points, hospitalized at the authors' department (Traumacentre Level I).
The age of patients ranged between 13-93 years, the mean age of the whole group was 41 years (43 years in women, 40 years in men). The highest percentage of the deceased was recorded in the subgroup with abdominal injury (35%) and in the subgroup with pelvic injury (31%), the lowest in the subgroup without abdominal injury (20%).
A significant difference was recorded between the numbers of deceased patients with and without abdominal trauma (p 16 points, with a simultaneous pelvic injury as compared to the patients without pelvic injury