Major vascular injuries secondary to pelvic fractures: An unsolved clinical problem

David A. Rothenberger; Ronald P. Fischer; John F. Perry

doi:10.1016/0002-9610(78)90331-8

Major vascular injuries secondary to pelvic fractures: An unsolved clinical problem

David A. Rothenberger, Ronald P. Fischer, John F. Perry

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Abstract

Twelve patients sustained sixteen pelvic fracture-related iliac and femoral arterial (5) and venous (11) injuries. Death was due in large part to delays in recognition and direct operative control of the major vascular disruption. Prompt operative exploration of all pedestrians admitted in hemorrhagic shock with open pelvic fractures characterized by a double break in the pelvic ring should reduce the 83 per cent mortality currently associated with this combination of injuries.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	660-662
Number of pages	3
Journal	The American Journal of Surgery
Volume	136
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0002-9610(78)90331-8
State	Published - Dec 1978

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From the Department of Surgery, St. Paul-Ramsey Hospital.St. Paul, and the Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Health Sciences Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota. This work was supported by the Saint Paul-Ramsey Hospital Medical Education and Research Foundation.

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Major vascular injuries secondary to pelvic fractures: An unsolved clinical problem

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