A complicated pelvic fracture in an octogenarian
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An unstable pelvic ring. The killing fracture.
©2006 British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery doi:10.1302/0301-620X.88B4. 16693 $2.00 J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 2006; 88-B:427-33. An unstable pelvic fracture may be life threatening and can be seen as ‘the killing’ fracture. Even if this is the only injury, it may be a serious problem. In the initial management of this type of fracture, the principles of advanced trauma life support (...
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عنوان ژورنال: QJM
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1460-2725,1460-2393
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcq242