Bilateral iliac artery dissection following severe complex unstable pelvic fracture.
The case of an 18-year-old polytrauma patient with a complete disruption of the right external iliac artery and a dissection of the left external iliac artery mainly caused by bilateral complex pelvic fractures type C, a subluxated horizontal fracture of the right acetabulum, and a transforaminal sacrum fracture is described.
Teebken
Omke Enno
OE
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany. teebken.omke@mh-hannover.de
Lotz
Jachim
J
Gänsslen
Axel
A
Pichlmaier
Andreas Maximilian
AM
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000077:Acetabulum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009049:Motorcycles; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D012447:Sacrum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures