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 …

Abstract The American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma's Advanced Trauma Life
Support Course is currently taught in 50 countries. The 8th edition has been revised …

BACKGROUND: Pelvic fractures are often associated with major intraabdominal injuries or
severe bleeding from the fracture site. OBJECTIVE: To study the epidemiology of pelvic …

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 …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the outcomes of haemodynamically unstable cases of pelvic ring
injury treated with a protocol focused on either direct retroperitoneal pelvic packing or early …

Pelvic angiography is an established technique that has evolved into a highly effective
means of controlling arterial pelvic haemorrhage. The current dominant paradigm for …

Background: Many aspects of pediatric trauma are considerably different from adult trauma.
Very few studies have performed comprehensive comparisons between pediatric and adult …

Introduction: In patients with severe pelvic fractures, exsanguinating hemorrhage represents
the major cause of death within the first 24 h. Despite advances in management, the …

An unstable pelvic fracture may be life threatening and can be seen as 'the killing'fracture.
Even if this is the only injury, it may be a serious problem. In the initial management of this …

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