In spite of advances in occupant protection, pelvic fractures remain a source of morbidity and mortality in motor vehicle side impacts. Women are more frequently injured than men, leading automotive researchers to incorporate the SID-IIs (small female crash dummy) into side impact testing of passenger vehicles. Currently accepted fracture tolerances for the female pelvis are based on extrapolat...

Pelvic fractures are considered to be uncommon and difficult to treat, even in the modern medical literature. Serious and eventually life-threatening associated injuries may occur, requiring emergency abdominal, vascular or neurologic surgery. Pelvic fractures can also be managed non-operatively; however, a considerable dispute exists on the suitable management strategy. The treatment and heali...

Posterior urethral injury is a clinically significant complication of pelvic fractures. The management is complicated by the associated organ injuries, distortion of the pelvic anatomy and the ensuing fibrosis that occurs with urethral injury. We report a review of the outcomes after posterior urethroplasty in the context of pelvic fracture urethral injury.

Pelvic trauma can lead to severe, uncontrollable haemorrhage and death related to prolonged shock and multiple organ failure. Massive retroperitoneal haematoma should be assumed to be present in cases of post-traumatic haemodynamic instability associated with pelvic fracture in the absence of extrapelvic haemorrhagic lesions. This review describes the pathophysiology of retroperitoneal haematom...

Long term bisphosphonate use has been associated with "atypical" subtrochanteric and diaphyseal fractures of the femoral shaft. We are reporting a case of pelvic fractures in addition to atypical long bone fractures, in a patient with osteopenia treated with bisphosphonate for 8 years, and teriparatide for 2 years. After 5 years of bisphosphonate therapy the patient suffered an atraumatic fract...

BACKGROUND Traumatic pelvic injuries are often associated with severe, life-threatening hemorrhage, and immediate medical treatment is therefore vital. However, patient prognosis depends heavily on the type, location and severity of the bone fracture, and the complexity of the pelvic structure presents diagnostic challenges. Automated fracture detection from initial patient X-ray images can ass...

This article is a comparative study. The aim of the study is to investigate the difference of sagittal alignment of the pelvis and spine between patients with thoracolumbar kyphosis secondary to ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and thoracolumbar fracture, and to evaluate the role of sacropelvic component in AS patients' adaption to the changes in sagittal alignment. Advanced stages of AS are often a...

This committee reviewed and evaluated published data, and recommended standardized terminology relating to the epidemiology, etiology, anatomy, and nomenclature of urethral stenoses, urethral strictures, and pelvic fracture urethral disruption injuries, as well as their surgical management. A literature search using Medline, PubMed (U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes ...

INTRODUCTION The main objective of the present review article was to study the different aspects of reconstructive surgery for posterior urethral defects by reviewing the published articles and presentation of our experiences in the reconstructive urology division at Shohada-e-Tajrish hospital. MATERIALS AND METHODS The Medline was searched with the keywords of posterior urethroplasty, end-to...

A young adult male was admitted after suffering polytrauma due to road traffic accident. Emergency radiography showed pelvic fracture. Computed tomography (CT) scan was performed which revealed presence of comminuted displaced fracture of left superior pubic ramus. Fracture line was extending till pubic symphysis but no symphyseal diastasis was noted. In addition, a part of urinary bladder was ...