Contrecoup haemorrhage in a patient with left pubic fracture but right obturator artery bleeding.
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چکیده
Contrecoup injury following head trauma is well known. It is caused by the acceleration-deceleration mechanism that can be fully explained by Newton's first law of motion. We report on a victim of a motor vehicle accident with non-displacement left pubis fracture but haemorrhage from the right obturator artery. Contrecoup haemorrhage should be excluded first in unstable patients without evidence of significant trauma but with a minor pelvic fracture.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
دوره 24 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007