Delayed, exsanguinating pelvic hemorrhage after blunt trauma without bony fracture: case report.
We present a case of a young man who developed a delayed, life-threatening hemorrhage after blunt pelvic trauma. He did not have a bony fracture. Successful management of the hemorrhage with angiographic embolization and the complex subsequent course are discussed.
Baumgartner
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Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance.
White
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GH
White
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Bongard
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Smith
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Hiatt
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Chenevert
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Robertson
J R
JR
D000328:Adult; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010388:Pelvis / Q000293:injuries*; D011859:Radiography; D012187:Retroperitoneal Space; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging