Pelvic injury prognosis is more closely related to vascular injury severity than anatomical fracture complexity: the WSES classification for pelvic trauma makes sense

Pelvic injury prognosis is more closely related to vascular injury severity than anatomical fracture complexity: the WSES classification for pelvic trauma makes sense

Abstract Background The most common cause of death in cases of pelvic trauma is exsanguination caused by associated injuries, not the pelvic injury itself. For patients with relatively isolated pelvic trauma, the impact of vascular injury severity on outcome remains unclear. We hypothesized that the...

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Main Authors: Yu-Tung Wu, Chi-Tung Cheng, Yu-San Tee, Chih-Yuan Fu, Chien-Hung Liao, Chi-Hsun Hsieh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-08-01
Series:World Journal of Emergency Surgery
Subjects:
Pelvic fracture
Transfusion
Resuscitation
Length of hospital stay
Severity of injury
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13017-020-00328-x

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