OBJECTIVE To examine the effect of abuse history, other major trauma, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on medical symptoms and health-related daily functioning in women with chronic pelvic pain. METHODS We administered a questionnaire to 713 consecutive women seen in a referral-based pelvic pain clinic. RESULTS We found that 46.8% reported having either a sexual or physical abuse hi...

Traumatic pelvic injury is one of the most dangerous injuries because it is often associated with severe hemorrhage as well as serious complications. It is therefore vital to provide immediate medical treatment to increase the survival rate of pelvic injury patients. However, it is often difficult to make treatment decisions, as cases are complex and display similar patterns. It has been sugges...

The purpose of this study was to examine the acute outcomes and mortality rates of an Advanced Trauma Life Support guideline approach for managing hemodynamically unstable pelvic ring injuries. We retrospectively reviewed the acute outcomes of 48 consecutive patients with hemodynamically unstable pelvic fractures. Patients underwent treatment via the advanced trauma life support protocol, with ...