title: Traumatic Hemipelvectomy: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature.
abstract: Traumatic hemipelvectomy is a life threatening, devastating pelvic injury with very low survival rates. Excessive loss of blood, related systemic problems and additional injuries about the gastrointestinal and genitourinary systems increase mortality of this severe sort of injury. A young, male farmer injured violently by an agricultural heavy machine; a survivor of traumatic hemipelvectomy is described in this case report.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Trakya Faculty of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey.
authors.forename: Erol
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yalniz
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Trakya Faculty of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey. dr.mert@gmail.com.|Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of Trakya Faculty of Medicine, Güllapogulu Yerleskesi, 22030, Edirne, Turkey. dr.mert@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mert
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ciftdemir
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Lüleburgaz Government Hospital, Kirklareli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Teoman
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Durukan
keywords: General trauma; Lower limb injuries; Management of skeletal injuries in polytrauma; Orthopedic trauma; Pelvic fractures