Type:
Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Trauma, Pelvis, Musculoskeletal bone, Conventional radiography, CT, PACS, Contrast agent-intravenous, Haemorrhage
Authors:
A. GUPTA, A. KUMAR, D. P. SHETTY; BANGALORE/IN
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-3200
Background
Complex pelvic injuries are one of the most dangerous and deadly trauma situations to manage primarily because mortality rates are high due to rapid exsanguination,
difficulty to achieve hemostasis and associated injuries.
Hence a multidisciplinary approach is crucial.
(1)
There are many classifications for pelvic fracture patterns,
some are based on the mechanism of injury,
some on anatomical patterns and some are on the resulting instability requiring operative fixation.
The optimal treatment,
however,
should take into consideration the hemodynamic status,
the anatomic impairment of pelvic ring function and the associated injuries.
The management of pelvic trauma patients aims definitively to restore the normal physiology and the mechanical stability of the pelvic ring.
The Young-Burgess classification system of pelvic ring fractures is a mechanistic classification system that is theorized to predict mortality,
transfusion requirements,
and non-orthopedic associated injuries.
(2,3)