FATAL HEMORRHAGE CAUSED BY VASCULAR INJURY ASSOCIATED WITH AN ACETABULAR FRACTURE

Authors
CHENG SL ROSATI C WADELL JP
Citation
Sl. Cheng et al., FATAL HEMORRHAGE CAUSED BY VASCULAR INJURY ASSOCIATED WITH AN ACETABULAR FRACTURE, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 38(2), 1995, pp. 208-209
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
38
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
208 - 209
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
We present a case of a widely displaced double-column acetabular fract ure associated with lacerations of the ipsilateral common iliac artery and vein, resulting in a fatal hemorrhage. This case illustrates the importance of considering the possibility of a concomitant vascular in jury in the assessment of a patient with an acetabular fracture and ot herwise unexplained hemorrhage.