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Pelvic Ring Fractures: Follow-up

Author: D Dean Thornton, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Radiology Associates of Birmingham, PC
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Updated: Feb 11, 2009

Intervention

Pelvic angiography with transcatheter embolization of injured arteries may be required in the treatment of severe pelvic hemorrhage associated with pelvic ring fractures. The first priority in patients with pelvic hemorrhage associated with pelvic ring fracture is pelvic stabilization. This may be immediately accomplished by using a pneumatic antishock garment or by tightly wrapping sheets around the pelvis until more definitive measures, such as a pelvic external fixator, may be used. Pelvic angiography with transcatheter embolization is faster, less invasive, and more successful than open surgical procedures for controlling pelvic hemorrhage.3,9,23

 


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Keywords

pelvic ring fracture, pelvis fracture, blunt trauma, bladder rupture, vertical shear injury, anteroposterior compression injury, AP compression injury, lateral compression injury, pelvic hemorrhage, osseous pelvis, Young-Burgess classification, Tile classification, pubic diastasis, sacral buckle fracture, pubic rami fracture, iliac wing fracture

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Contributor Information and Disclosures

Author

D Dean Thornton, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham; Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Radiology Associates of Birmingham, PC
D Dean Thornton, MD is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American College of Radiology, American Roentgen Ray Society, Medical Association of the State of Alabama, Radiological Society of North America, and Society of Skeletal Radiology
Disclosure: Nothing to disclose.

Medical Editor

Amilcare Gentili, MD, Clinical Professor of Radiology, University of California at San Diego; Consulting Staff, Department of Radiology, Thornton Hospital
Amilcare Gentili, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Roentgen Ray Society, Radiological Society of North America, and Society of Skeletal Radiology
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Pharmacy Editor

Bernard D Coombs, MB, ChB, PhD, Consulting Staff, Department of Specialist Rehabilitation Services, Hutt Valley District Health Board, New Zealand
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Managing Editor

Theodore E Keats, MD, Professor, Departments of Radiology and Orthopedics, University of Virginia School of Medicine
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CME Editor

Robert M Krasny, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Radiology, The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute
Robert M Krasny, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Roentgen Ray Society and Radiological Society of North America
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Chief Editor

Felix S Chew, MD, MBA, EdM, Professor, Department of Radiology, Vice Chairman for Radiology Informatics, Section Head of Musculoskeletal Radiology, University of Washington
Felix S Chew, MD, MBA, EdM is a member of the following medical societies: American Roentgen Ray Society, Association of University Radiologists, and Radiological Society of North America
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