Small bowel obstruction in percutaneous fixation of traumatic pelvic fractures

The use of external fixation for the initial treatment of unstable, complex pelvic injuries with hemodynamic instability remains an effective treatment for multiply injured patients. Bowel entrapment within a pelvic fracture is a rarely reported, potentially fatal complication. Here, we report a pol...

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Main Authors: Roberto Bini, Fabrizio Quiriconi, Tiziana Viora, Renzo Leli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2013-01-01
Series:Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock
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Online Access:http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2013;volume=6;issue=3;spage=224;epage=226;aulast=Bini