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8 gru 2021 · A pelvic fracture happens when there’s a fracture (break) in one or more of your bones that make up your pelvis. Your pelvis is the area of your body below your abdomen that’s located between your hip bones. Pelvic fractures can be mild or severe.
18 paź 2023 · The pelvis is a ring of bone at hip level, made up of several separate bones. A pelvic fracture is a break in any one of those bones. Some pelvic fractures involve breaking more than one of the bones; these can be more serious as the bones are more likely to slip out of line.
Most pelvic fractures are caused by some type of traumatic, high-energy event, such as a car collision. Because the pelvic bones are near major blood vessels and organs, pelvic fractures may cause extensive bleeding and other injuries that require urgent treatment.
20 mar 2023 · A pubic ramus fracture refers to a break in one of these bones. Depending on where the fracture occurs, a doctor may classify it as a superior or inferior pubic ramus fracture.
5 sie 2024 · Pelvic fractures can be seen in any group of patients. Like much trauma, there is a bimodal distribution with younger male patients involved in high-energy trauma and older female patients presenting after minor trauma.
Pelvic fractures can involve the pubic symphysis, innominate bones, acetabulum, sacroiliac joint or sacrum. They range from minimally displaced stable injuries caused by low energy falls to dramatically displaced and unstable injures that can cause massive hemorrhage.
5 lip 2024 · Pelvic ring fractures are high energy fractures of the pelvic ring which typically occur due to blunt trauma. Diagnosis is made radiographically with pelvic radiographs and further characterized with CT scan.
