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Materials and Methods: This study included 67 of 136 consecutive patients who were admitted for pelvic ring fracture surgery between 2017 and 2022. The data were collected prospectively at a single trauma center. The inclusion criteria were acetabulum fractures and indications for operative treatment. The exclusion criteria were non-operative treatment for acetabular and pelvic ring fractures, fractures requiring primary total hip arthroplasty (THA), and periprosthetic acetabular fractures. Upon admission, all patients underwent evaluation using X-ray and computed tomography (CT) scans of the pelvis. Results: The present study found no statistically significant differences between the examined groups of patients with pelvic fractures in terms of BMI, surgery duration, length of hospital stay, and blood transfusion. However, two notable findings approached statistical significance. Firstly, patients who experienced a fall from height while sustaining a pelvic fracture required a higher number of blood transfusions (2.3 units) than those with other mechanisms of injury which was close to achieving statistical significance (p = 0.07). Secondly, patients undergoing posterior wall stabilization required a significantly lower number of blood transfusions than those with other specific pelvic injuries (0.33 units per patient), approaching statistical significance (p = 0.056). Conclusions: The findings indicated that factors such as BMI, time of surgery, blood loss, and the duration of hospital stay were not directly correlated with the morphology of acetabular fractures, the presence of additional trauma, or the mechanism of injury. However, in the studied group, the patients whose mechanism of trauma involved falling from height had an increased number of blood transfusions compared to other groups. 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