Traumatic hemipelvectomy: case report and literature review
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Published on: January 25, 2010
Robert J Schoderbek1, Todd C Battaglia, Erik R Dorf
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Box 800159, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA.
Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
|April 22, 2005
Abstract:
Traumatic hemipelvectomy is a rare but devastating injury involving complete disruption of the hemipelvis from the pubic symphysis to the sacroiliac joints and often results in death. We present an interesting case of traumatic hemipelvectomy caused by a previously undescribed mechanism of injury in which judicious angiography and aggressive surgical treatment contributed to patient survival.
