Background: Hemorrhage from pelvic fracture is common in victims of blunt traumatic injury.
In 2001, the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) published practice …

The diagnostic and therapeutic modalities utilized in the management of pelvic ring fractures
depend on patient characteristics, mechanism of injury, and hemodynamic status at the time …

Background Preperitoneal pelvic packing/external fixation (PPP/EF) for controlling life-
threatening hemorrhage from pelvic fractures is used widely in Europe but has not been …

Methods: We reviewed our experience during 22 months (May 2006 to March 2008) with
damage control management of massive retroperitoneal hemorrhage caused by blunt pelvic …

Pelvic ring injuries (PRI) are among the most difficult injuries to deal with in orthopedic
trauma. When these injuries are accompanied by hemodynamic instability their …

Exsanguination is the second most common cause of death in patients who suffer severe
trauma. The management of haemodynamically unstable high-energy pelvic injuries …

METHODS We performed a single-institution retrospective analysis of 253 patients with
bleeding pelvic fractures who underwent admission abdominopelvic trauma CT between …

BACKGROUND: Severe pelvic fractures continue to be a major problem for trauma
surgeons. Early identification of patients who would benefit from therapeutic angiographic …

Purpose To develop and test a computed tomography (CT)-based predictive model for major
arterial injury after blunt pelvic ring disruptions that incorporates semiautomated pelvic …

The purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of the 64-slice
multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) in detecting active pelvic arterial bleeding …