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Pelvic injuries can be life-threatening and life-altering in Durant, OK. When an accident leaves you with pelvic trauma, you deserve full compensation for medical care, lost income, and lasting impact. McKay Law advocates for pelvic injury victims throughout OK. Pelvic injuries are particularly dangerous because the pelvis supports the spine and connects the legs to the body—making pelvic fractures potentially fatal without immediate medical care. We handle cases involving pelvic fractures (stable and unstable), open book fractures, acetabular fractures involving the hip socket, sacral fractures, coccyx (tailbone) injuries, pelvic ring disruptions, hip socket damage, and associated organ damage to the bladder, urethra, and reproductive organs. Common causes of pelvic injuries include vehicle accidents, falls, and crushing impacts. Pelvic fractures in elderly victims often result from low-energy falls—making damages especially significant in these cases. Medical treatment frequently demands long-term care—with options ranging from emergency hemorrhage control to complex reconstructive surgery. Severe pelvic injuries can cause chronic pain, mobility limitations, sexual dysfunction, urinary incontinence, bowel dysfunction, infertility, pregnancy complications, post-traumatic arthritis, leg length discrepancy, and difficulty walking. Many pelvic injury cases involve associated injuries—including damage to the bladder, urethra, reproductive organs, blood vessels, and nerves in the pelvic region. Our Durant personal injury attorneys understand the full impact of pelvic injuries—not just immediate medical costs, but lifelong consequences. We work with orthopedic surgeons, urologists, gynecologists, pain management specialists, and life care planners to demonstrate the lifetime cost of treatment. We pursue full compensation including medical bills, emergency surgery costs, future care, fertility treatments, mental health treatment, lost wages, lost earning capacity, pain and suffering, mental anguish, and damages for loss of intimacy and consortium. Pelvic trauma often causes significant lost earning capacity—making vocational evaluation essential. Pelvic injuries can profoundly affect intimate relationships and family planning—loss of fertility creates its own category of damages. Insurance companies often try to minimize pelvic injury claims—we don’t let them. Every client we represent is handled on a contingency fee basis—you pay nothing unless we win. Don’t settle before you know the full extent of your future needs. Contact McKay Law today for a complimentary evaluation with a compassionate Durant, OK orthopedic injury attorney who will stand up to the insurance companies on your behalf.
Pelvic injuries are some of the most life-altering injuries. The pelvis is critical to body structure and function, so fractures can damage internal organs and major blood vessels. Pelvic fractures can be fatal — especially when massive internal bleeding occurs. Even with survival, pelvic injuries cause lasting impairment. Our firm fights for pelvic injury victims in Durant and throughout Oklahoma.
Pelvic ring fractures:
Stable fractures
Unstable fractures
Anterior-posterior compression fractures
Vertical fractures
Side-impact fractures
Acetabular damage
SI joint injuries — damage to where the spine meets the pelvis
Pubic symphysis trauma — pubic symphysis damage
Broken tailbone — tailbone breaks
Pelvic soft-tissue damage — soft-tissue damage
Internal pelvic injuries:
Bladder damage
Urethral injuries
Intestinal damage
Reproductive organ damage
Blood vessel injuries
Pelvic injuries can affect sexual and reproductive function:
The deadline in Oklahoma is 2 years from the date of the incident to file (Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 95).
We partner with treating doctors to document the full extent of injury, include lifetime care in damages, build evidence of intimate damages, work with mental health professionals, calculate full case value, and build each file for the courtroom from the start.
A: Major. Permanent pelvic injuries involve major damages including lifetime medical care, lost earning capacity, and pain and suffering.
A: Nothing. We only get paid if we win.
A: Yes. Loss of sexual function is recoverable.
A: Yes. Spouses can file loss of consortium claims.
A: Varies by injury. Fertility impact is part of damages.
A: Frequently. Pelvic injuries often require multiple surgeries over years.
A: No. Call us first.
A: Two years from the date of the incident (Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 95). Act fast — preserve evidence and documentation.
Pelvic injuries are uniquely consequential. The pelvic ring protects vital organs and structures. It supports the entire upper body. When the pelvis is injured, the consequences extend far beyond the pelvic bones themselves. Internal bleeding can be fatal. Bowel, bladder, sexual, and reproductive function can be permanently affected. A local attorney experienced with pelvic injury claims knows how to evaluate the full scope of pelvic injury harm.
The pelvis contains urinary structures, the lower digestive system, reproductive structures, critical vascular structures, pelvic nerves.
Pelvic anatomy is ring-like. This anatomic configuration tends to break in multiple places.
Pelvic fractures from high-energy trauma have substantial mortality risk. Pelvic hemorrhage results in shock and death.
High-energy trauma is needed for severe pelvic injury. This indicates severe pelvic injury typically involves motor vehicle crashes, falls from height, or crush injuries.
Pelvic injuries frequently produce permanent functional impairment.
Pelvic ring damage drive most pelvic injury cases.
Stable fractures. Treatment is typically conservative.
Displaced fractures. Surgical fixation required.
“Open book” fractures involve disruption of the front of the pelvis. Pelvic opening fracture pattern. These fractures can cause severe internal injury.
Side-impact fractures come from side impact.
Vertical shear fractures are devastating. Often result from falls or motor vehicle crashes.
Hip socket fractures damage the hip socket. These can be devastating.
Sacrum and tailbone fractures can occur with pelvic trauma.
Pubic symphysis can occur in pelvic ring injuries.
Disruption of the joints connecting the sacrum to the pelvis.
Pelvic injuries frequently include:
Urinary bladder injuries often occur with pelvic injuries.
Urethral damage can occur, particularly in men. Long-term urinary problems can result.
Bowel perforation may need surgical intervention.
Reproductive organ damage create lifelong reproductive consequences.
Major blood vessels in the pelvis may be injured in pelvic trauma. Bleeding from these vessels can be catastrophic.
Lumbosacral plexus can be damaged, affecting motor and sensory function.
Lower spinal injuries frequently occur with pelvic injuries.
Thigh bone fractures frequently accompany pelvic trauma.
Hip dislocations and other hip injuries can accompany pelvic trauma.
Auto accidents generate many pelvic injury cases.
Side-impact crashes target the pelvic region.
Falls from height generate major pelvic injuries.
Vehicle strikes against pedestrians often cause pelvic injuries.
Crushing forces produce devastating pelvic injuries.
Job-related accidents can cause pelvic injuries.
Initial trauma stabilization.
This may include:
Surgery is typically required for unstable fractures.
Surgical options include:
Bladder repair, Urethral reconstruction, Bowel surgery, Reproductive surgical repair, vascular repair.
Rehabilitation is extensive.
Recovery typically takes substantial time.
Long-term care is common, particularly for bladder, bowel, sexual, or reproductive complications.
Compensation in these cases include:
Recovery prevents return to work for significant periods.
Long-term wage impact affects many pelvic injury patients.
Major pain.
Significant loss of basic functions.
Psychological consequences frequently develop, particularly given the lifestyle and functional changes.
Pelvic injuries may damage:
These produce significant damages.
Spousal damages matter enormously for pelvic injuries.
Catastrophic pelvic injuries can be fatal, supporting wrongful death claims.
Where conduct was particularly harmful, enhanced damages may apply.
Fertility-affecting pelvic injuries generate major damages.
Sexual function damages drive major damages.
Where pelvic injuries cause complications for future pregnancy support specific damages.
Reproductive and sexual function damages involve sensitive subject matter. Care in presenting these damages preserves dignity.
Past medical history. The aggravation rule applies.
“It wasn’t that bad”.
Defense argues complete recovery. This defense fails with documented long-term consequences.
Defense argues reproductive or sexual function issues predate the crash. This requires documentation of pre-accident function.
“You contributed too”.
Emergency response is essential.
CT scans are typically used for pelvic injury evaluation, X-rays, MRI for some indications.
Pelvic injuries often require multiple specialists:
Document functional changes including All affected functions.
Track sexual/reproductive function.
Psychological care because of the lifestyle and functional changes.
Long-term complications develop over time.
Future damages are typically significant. The full damages picture takes time to develop.
Lawyers experienced with pelvic injury claims work on contingency. These cases require substantial investment in medical experts, life-care planners, and other specialists advanced by the firm.
Time pressure on these cases is real.
Comprehensive medical documentation through the recovery process builds stronger cases.
Long-term consequences continue developing.
Filing deadlines applies regardless.
Connecting with a Durant pelvic injury attorney quickly protects every aspect of the claim while long-term consequences become clear.
The pelvis is the structural cornerstone of the body — and when it gives way, the consequences spread far beyond the bone itself. Pelvic fractures emerge from high-impact car wrecks, motorcycle crashes, pedestrian strikes, falls from heights, and serious workplace accidents — and they often carry damage to the bladder, urethra, reproductive organs, intestines, and the major blood vessels that course through the pelvic region. The immediate treatment can include emergency surgery to stop internal bleeding, external fixation devices that extend through the skin, and weeks of hospitalization. The long-term consequences can include chronic pain, mobility limitations, sexual dysfunction, urinary and bowel complications, and difficulty with childbirth for women of reproductive age. At McKay Law, we tackle pelvic injury cases by teaming up with orthopedic trauma surgeons, urologists, gynecologists, pain management specialists, and life-care planners who can capture the full extent of the damage and the lifetime of care it may require.
Insurance companies often try to reduce the long-term impact of pelvic injuries once the initial fractures appear to have healed, ignoring the chronic pain, the loss of physical capability, the emotional impact of permanent intimate complications, and the cost of follow-up procedures that often stretch years into the future. When you partner with the McKay Law family, we don’t accept to let your case settle until the full picture of your recovery is in view. We fight for full compensation for emergency airlift and trauma care, orthopedic and reconstructive surgeries, surgical hardware, ICU and prolonged hospitalization, ongoing rehabilitation, future medical procedures, urological and gynecological treatment, fertility-related care, mobility aids and home modifications, prescription medications, lost income, lost earning capacity, the loss of intimacy, athletic, and recreational activities your injury has taken, and the chronic pain and emotional toll a pelvic injury brings. Call us right away at (866) 679-9651 or reach out online to schedule your free consultation and bring a firm that recognizes what a pelvic injury really takes from you in your corner.
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