Objective: To sum up the surgical approaches and clinical outcome of complicated acetabular fractures. Methods: 17 patients with complicated acetabular fractures (including 4 cases of transverse with posterior wall fractures, 7 cases of posterior column and wall fractures, 4 cases of anterior and posterior columns fractures, 1 cases of T-type fracture and 1 cases of anterior column with posterior hemitransverse fractures) underwent open reduction and internal fixation with screws and plates by Kocher-Langenbeck (8 cases), ilio-inguinal (2 cases), extended iliofemoral (4 cases) or ilio-inguinal combined with K-L approaches (3 cases). Results: 12 patients with anatomical reduction, 4 patients with satisfactory reduction and 1 patient with non-satisfactory reduction. 15 out of 17 cases were followed up for 6 months to 5 years, and the excellent and good rate was 70.5%. Conclusion: Surgical treatment for complicated acetabular fractures can get a satisfactory reduction and a good clinical outcome.