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- R Smektala, M P Hahn, M Henkel, and G Muhr.
- Chirurgische Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik, BG-Kliniken Bergmannsheil, Bochum.
- Zentralbl Chir. 1995 Jan 1;120(11):893-8.
AbstractOpen pelvic fractures are rare fractures usually resulting from a severe trauma. Only 4 of 121 patients treated operatively in 1994 for a pelvic trauma showed an open injury. The high lethality is caused by two complications: in the early phase the patient is threatened by bleeding to death and in the following course sepsis determines the lethal outcome. Only an aggressive surgical management prevents or treats such complications. The presented concept comprises in the end the hemipelvectomy and an intensive care management for prophylaxis of septic complications. So the lethality was diminished.
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