About Heather Mahoney, MD MA

Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital

Management of Major Pelvic Trauma

$pelvic trauma fracture$ Pelvic trauma frequently is associated with other injuries from the high force required to break the pelvis. Management is focused on stabilizing the pelvis and stopping the bleeding. Due to other injuries requiring emergent surgical stabilization, pelvic trauma is primarily managed surgically with pre-peritoneal packing and external fixation, followed by angioembolization for continued bleeding. Emergency physicians must quickly resuscitate patients while gathering vital information to direct the correct definitive bleeding control strategy. New endovascular techniques such as REBOA (Resuscitative Endovascular Balloon Occlusion of the Aorta) may change future emergency department strategies and improve mortality in severe pelvic trauma.
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By Heather Mahoney, MD MA|2017-07-19T21:58:25-07:00Jul 19, 2017|Orthopedic, Trauma|