The Management of Open Pelvic Fractures: A Report of 2 Cases
Open pelvic fractures are rare, but pose challenges for trauma surgeons due to their high morbidity and mortality. Generally, early death results from uncontrolled exsanguination and late death is related to pelvic sepsis. Therefore, management of these injuries should prioritize hemostasis and cont...
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| author | Byungchul Yu Giljae Lee Min A Lee Kangkook Choi Jihun Gwak Youngeun Park Yong-Cheol Yoon Jungnam Lee |
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| description | Open pelvic fractures are rare, but pose challenges for trauma surgeons due to their high morbidity and mortality. Generally, early death results from uncontrolled exsanguination and late death is related to pelvic sepsis. Therefore, management of these injuries should prioritize hemostasis and contamination control starting in the initial phase of treatment. We report two cases of unstable open pelvic fractures with perineal wounds that were managed successfully. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a072e2668a1345a8a6bf6d3576a0dedb2025-01-08T08:08:35ZengKorean Society of TraumatologyJournal of Trauma and Injury1738-87672287-16832020-12-0133426927410.20408/jti.2020.0081013The Management of Open Pelvic Fractures: A Report of 2 CasesByungchul Yu0Giljae Lee1Min A Lee2Kangkook Choi3Jihun Gwak4Youngeun Park5Yong-Cheol Yoon6Jungnam Lee7 Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea Department of Trauma Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, KoreaOpen pelvic fractures are rare, but pose challenges for trauma surgeons due to their high morbidity and mortality. Generally, early death results from uncontrolled exsanguination and late death is related to pelvic sepsis. Therefore, management of these injuries should prioritize hemostasis and contamination control starting in the initial phase of treatment. We report two cases of unstable open pelvic fractures with perineal wounds that were managed successfully.http://www.jtraumainj.org/upload/pdf/jti-2020-008.pdftraumatrauma centerspelvic bonesfractures |
| spellingShingle | Byungchul Yu Giljae Lee Min A Lee Kangkook Choi Jihun Gwak Youngeun Park Yong-Cheol Yoon Jungnam Lee The Management of Open Pelvic Fractures: A Report of 2 Cases Journal of Trauma and Injury trauma trauma centers pelvic bones fractures |
| title | The Management of Open Pelvic Fractures: A Report of 2 Cases |
| title_full | The Management of Open Pelvic Fractures: A Report of 2 Cases |
| title_fullStr | The Management of Open Pelvic Fractures: A Report of 2 Cases |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Management of Open Pelvic Fractures: A Report of 2 Cases |
| title_short | The Management of Open Pelvic Fractures: A Report of 2 Cases |
| title_sort | management of open pelvic fractures a report of 2 cases |
| topic | trauma trauma centers pelvic bones fractures |
| url | http://www.jtraumainj.org/upload/pdf/jti-2020-008.pdf |
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