Pelvic injury is not just pelvic fracture.
orthopaedics
trauma
urology
Journal
BMJ case reports
ISSN: 1757-790X
Titre abrégé: BMJ Case Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101526291
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
04 Dec 2019
04 Dec 2019
Historique:
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12
2019
pubmed:
7
12
2019
medline:
21
4
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Pelvic trauma is complex, most of current work centres around pelvic haemorrhage and fractures. It is important to remember that there is more anatomy in the pelvis than bones and vessels. A 29-year-old male patient was admitted after an Road Traffic Collision (RTC) where his motorbike T-boned a car. He was noted to have a traumatic dislocation of his right testicle, which spontaneously reduced in the emergency department and he was admitted for scrotal exploration and observation. Due to difficulty in mobilising postoperatively, he underwent an MRI, which showed diastasis of his pubis symphysis as well as left-sided adductor tendon rupture, not evident on his initial CT scan, and underwent pelvic fixation. Why should an emergency physician be aware of this? This case emphasises the alternate differentials with pelvic trauma in a haemodynamically stable patient, and the requirement for continuous reassessment in patients failing to improve.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31806634
pii: 12/12/e232622
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-232622
pmc: PMC6904195
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Types de publication
Case Reports
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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IM
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© BMJ Publishing Group Limited 2019. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.
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