Open AccessEmergent Stabilization of Pelvic Bones Fractures in Polytrauma
Author(s) -
Elena A. Litvina
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
vestnik travmatologii i ortopedii imeni n.n. priorova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2658-6738
pISSN - 0869-8678
DOI - 10.17816/vto20140119-25
Subject(s) - polytrauma , concomitant , medicine , external fixation , pelvic fracture , surgery , fixation (population genetics) , damage control , pelvis , external fixator , population , environmental health
Principle aspects of the management of patients with concomitant pelvic injury and injuries of other localization from the standpoint of modern treatment concept Damage control are discussed. Special attention are paid to the techniques for pelvic ring fixation, arrest of intrapelvic hemorrhage, sequence of surgical interventions depending on the pattern of concomitant injuries. The necessity of emergent pelvic injuries fixation with external devices as well as the fractures of other localization in the acute period until stabilization of patient’s general condition is substantiated