The German Pelvic Database

Overview

Journal Arch Orthop Trauma Surg

Specialties Emergency Medicine
General Surgery
Orthopedics

Date 2025 Feb 19

PMID 39969629

Authors

Tim Pohlemann

Axel Gansslen

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Abstract

The German Pelvic Group as part of the former German section of the AO-International (now AO Trauma Germany) and the German Trauma Society (DGU) represents a 34-year success story of data documentation for the optimization of pelvic and acetabulum surgery. The historical development and the corresponding course are presented. With increasing work, the initial data were integrated into the DGU Pelvic Register. It is used to record data on fractures of the pelvic ring and acetabulum with the aim to derive optimized treatment options and to gain new scientific knowledge. The register started in 2004 as an initiative of the DGU GPG. In June 2024, the DGU Board approved the upgrade of the status of the working group to a formal section Pelvic and Acetabulum Fractures as standing division of the German Trauma Society.

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