External fixation due to complex pelvic fracture with hemodynamic instability

Authors

  • Yosvani Sánchez Pérez
  • Osmany Mario Maestre Ramos
  • Luis Andrés Guibert Adolfo
  • Edel Cabreja Mola
  • Mario Alain Riverón Basulto
  • Paul Valverde Hernández

Keywords:

fijación, pelvis, inestabilidad.

Abstract

Background: one of the main causes of death in hospitals in the first hours after a pelvic trauma therefore, a multidisciplinary and early management is required.
Objective: to report a case of severe pelvic fracture and moderate bleeding treated with external fixation.
Clinical case: a forty-six-year-old male patient who suffered from severe pelvic traumatism, which provoked a pelvic fracture hemodynamically unstable and posterior urethral rupture, therefore he had to go through surgery since hemodynamic stability was not achieved with regular methods wich are non-invasive. Exploratory laparotomy, urethrostomy and external fixation of the pelvis were indicated.
Conclusions: the first procedure to interrupt bleeding is the stabilization of the fracture through external fixation and in most cases it becomes the only necessary procedure.

DeCS: PELVIS/injuries; FRACTURE FIXATION; JOINT INSTABILITY; ADULT; CASE REPORTS.

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2018-06-02

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Sánchez Pérez Y, Maestre Ramos OM, Guibert Adolfo LA, Cabreja Mola E, Riverón Basulto MA, Valverde Hernández P. External fixation due to complex pelvic fracture with hemodynamic instability. Arch méd Camagüey [Internet]. 2018 Jun. 2 [cited 2025 Sep. 20];22(3):349-55. Available from: https://revistaamc.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/5627

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Vol. 22 No. 3 (2018)

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Case Reports

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