Hemorrhage from open pelvic fracture controlled intraoperatively with balloon catheter.
In the case reported, many techniques for controlling bleeding from an open pelvic fracture were employed without success. With arteriographic identification of a precise arterial bleeding point, control of hemorrhage was accomplished by proximal hypogastric artery ligation with distal intraarterial placement of a balloon catheter.
D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006488:Hemostasis, Surgical / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000293:injuries*