Meeting abstract
https://doi.org/10.26800/LV-144-supl2-CR75
External and a four-act internal pelvic fixation in a patient with polytrauma
Leo Matijašević
; School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Republic of Croatia
Ozana Miličević
; School of Medicine University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Republic of Croatia
Lucija Brkić
; Department of Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Tin Ehrenfreund
; Department of Surgery, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Fractures of the pelvic ring carry a high mortality and morbidity rate due to possibly great blood loss and abdominal organ trauma. However, external pelvic fixation can stabilize the patient enough to undergo emergency surgeries when treating a patient with multiple life-threatening injuries.
Keywords
External Fixators, Femur Head, Fracture Fix- ation, Pubic Symphysis, Sacroiliac Joint
Hrčak ID:
279891
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Publication date:
27.4.2022.
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