Journal of Trauma and Injury

Percutaneous screw fixation and external stabilization as definitive surgical intervention for a pelvic ring injury combined with an acetabular fracture in the acute phase of polytrauma in Korea: a case report: Hohyoung Lee, Myung-Rae Cho, Suk-Kyoon Song, Euisun Yoon, Sungho Lee; J Trauma Inj. 2023;36(3):298-303. Published online July 13, 2023; DOI: https://doi.org/10.20408/jti.2023.0002

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Unstable pelvic ring injuries are potentially life-threatening and associated with high mortality and complication rates in polytrauma patients. The most common cause of death in patients with pelvic ring injuries is massive bleeding. With resuscitation, external fixation can be performed as a temporary stabilization procedure for hemostasis in unstable pelvic fractures. Internal fixation following temporary external fixation of the pelvic ring yields superior and more reliable stabilization. However, a time-consuming extended approach to open reduction and internal fixation of the pelvic ring is frequently precluded by an unacceptable physiologic condition and/or concomitant injuries in patients with multiple injuries. Conservative treatment may lead to pelvic ring deformity, which is associated with various functional disabilities such as limb length discrepancy, gait disturbance, and sitting intolerance. Therefore, if the patient is not expected to be suitable for additional surgery due to a poor expected physiologic condition, definitive external fixation in combination with various percutaneous screw fixations to restore the pelvic ring should be considered in the acute phase. Herein, we report a case of unstable pelvic ring injury successfully treated with definitive external fixation and percutaneous screw fixation in the acute phase in a severely injured polytrauma patient.

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Advances in Managing Pelvic Fractures in Polytrauma: A Comprehensive Review
Uros Dabetic, Jovana Grupkovic, Slavisa Zagorac, Dejan Aleksandric, Nikola Bogosavljevic, Goran Tulic
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External iliac artery injury with posterior pelvic ring injury in Korea: a report of two cases: Joosuk Ahn, Ji Wan Kim; J Trauma Inj. 2023;36(2):137-141. Published online December 1, 2022; DOI: https://doi.org/10.20408/jti.2022.0046

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Abstract PDF: Pelvic ring injuries associated with external iliac artery injuries are rare and may be life-threatening condition. The most important factors in the managements are the immediate bleeding control and restoration of distal blood flow. We report two cases of pelvic ring injuries with external artery injuries. One case was occlusion of external iliac artery with concomitant rupture of internal iliac artery. The other case was ruptured external iliac artery. Every surgeon must understand the possibility of hidden lesions—for example, arterial rupture and thrombus—and should consider the need for embolization or thrombectomy when treating this type of injury.; Summary

Delayed bladder perforation due to screw loosening after pelvic ring injury surgery: a case report: Hyun-Chul Shon, Ho-Won Kang, Eic-Ju Lim, Jae-Young Yang; J Trauma Inj. 2022;35(1):51-55. Published online December 22, 2021; DOI: https://doi.org/10.20408/jti.2021.0054

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Pelvic ring injuries have high mortality and morbidity rates, and they are difficult to treat because accompanying injuries to the pelvic organs, genitourinary organs, and neurovascular tissues are common. Genitourinary injuries are common comorbid injuries that have been reported to occur in 5% to 6% of all pelvic ring injuries. However, these injuries usually occur simultaneously with the pelvic ring injury, whereas relatively little research has dealt with genitourinary injuries that occur after treatment of a pelvic ring injury. To the best of our knowledge, only three cases of delayed bladder perforation due to screw loosening after symphyseal plate fixation in anterior pelvic ring injury have been reported worldwide, and no such cases have yet been reported in Korea. Since the authors experienced this very rare complication after pelvic ring surgery, we report this case along with a literature review.

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Delayed Bladder Perforation Resulting From Large Bladder Stone and Gluteal Abscess Caused by Pelvic Plate Loosening: A Case Report
Shun-An Kan, Ya-Che Lee, Hui-Chu Tsai, Ying-Ying Su, Fang-Chieh Lien
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Simultaneous Surgery on Jejunum perforation with Pelvic Ring Fracture: A Case Report: Hoejeong Chung, Keum Seok Bae, Seong Yup Kim, Doosup Kim; J Trauma Inj. 2016;29(2):56-59. Published online June 30, 2016; DOI: https://doi.org/10.20408/jti.2016.29.2.56

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Abstract PDF: Patients with pelvic bone fractures with gastrointestinal perforations are reported in 4.4% of the cases and in very rare cases jejunum (0.15) is involved. However, intestinal perforations are often undiagnosed on the first examination before peritonitis is evident. We are presenting a report where a patient with anteroposterior compression injury, who was expected to undergo an internal fixation procedure, did not show any jejunum perforations on abdominal CT or other physical exams but was found on abdominal CT 1 week after right before surgery, therefore excision and anastomosis surgery, pelvic open reduction and internal fixation was simultaneously done with favorable results. In our case, we present a 61 year old male patient with liver trauma, adhesion at the abdominal cavity, with a past history of gallbladder excision, but without abdominal pain, fever, or infection symptoms. Therefore, this was a case that was difficult to initially diagnose the patient with jejunum perforation and peritonitis. The diagnosis was further supported during laparotomy when peritonitis around the area of intestinal perforation was observed. Generally, it is understood that pelvic bone fracture surgery is not immediately done on patients with peritonitis. However, this kind of patient who had peritonitis with intestinal adhesion and other complications could undergo surgery immediately as infection or other related symptoms did not coexist and the patient was rather stable, and as a result the treatment was successful.; Summary

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