Traumatic hemipelvectomy: a survivable injury.
Traumatic injury remains an unfortunate and all-too-common event in the United States military population. Traumatic hemipelvectomy is a rare but devastating injury with few survivors recorded in the medical literature. We report a surviving case of traumatic hemipelvectomy and review an approach to management.
Weiss
W M
WM
Department of General Surgery, Naval Hospital, San Diego, CA 92134-5000.
Egan
M C
MC
Amundson
D E
DE
D000328:Adult; D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery*; D005597:Fractures, Open / Q000601:surgery*; D006428:Hemipelvectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010384:Pelvic Bones / Q000293:injuries*; D016896:Treatment Outcome