Rectal necrosis after pelvic crush injury.
A case is described in which transmural necrosis of the rectum occurred following a severe pelvic crush injury in an obese man. The necrosis presumably resulted from occlusion of both internal iliac arteries, disruption of the pelvic collateral circulation, and as a result of direct rectal contusion.
Tompkins
R G
RG
Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
McCabe
C J
CJ
Burke
J F
JF
Keating
M A
MA
Wright
C D
CD
D000328:Adult; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009336:Necrosis; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D011859:Radiography; D012007:Rectum / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery