Severe postpartum disruption of the pelvic ring: report of two cases and review of the literature

Pelvic dislocations are rare during labor, and the treatment is controversial. We report two cases of young women who sustained postpartum disruption of the pelvic ring: one case is an 8.8 cm wide separation of the pubic symphysis with sacroiliac joint disruption underwent surgical stabilization and...

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Autores principales: Hou, Zhiyong, Riehl, John T, Smith, Wade R, Strohecker, Kent A, Maloney, Patrick J
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3025835/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21232102
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-5-2
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author Hou, Zhiyong
Riehl, John T
Smith, Wade R
Strohecker, Kent A
Maloney, Patrick J
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description Pelvic dislocations are rare during labor, and the treatment is controversial. We report two cases of young women who sustained postpartum disruption of the pelvic ring: one case is an 8.8 cm wide separation of the pubic symphysis with sacroiliac joint disruption underwent surgical stabilization and the second case with 4.0 cm disruption being treated non-operatively. These cases illustrated of importance of accurate diagnosis, careful physical exam, fully informed consent and specific treatment for this condition.
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spelling pubmed-30258352011-01-25 Severe postpartum disruption of the pelvic ring: report of two cases and review of the literature Hou, Zhiyong Riehl, John T Smith, Wade R Strohecker, Kent A Maloney, Patrick J Patient Saf Surg Case Report Pelvic dislocations are rare during labor, and the treatment is controversial. We report two cases of young women who sustained postpartum disruption of the pelvic ring: one case is an 8.8 cm wide separation of the pubic symphysis with sacroiliac joint disruption underwent surgical stabilization and the second case with 4.0 cm disruption being treated non-operatively. These cases illustrated of importance of accurate diagnosis, careful physical exam, fully informed consent and specific treatment for this condition. BioMed Central 2011-01-13 /pmc/articles/PMC3025835/ /pubmed/21232102 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1754-9493-5-2 Text en Copyright ©2011 Hou et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Strohecker, Kent A
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Severe postpartum disruption of the pelvic ring: report of two cases and review of the literature
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title_full Severe postpartum disruption of the pelvic ring: report of two cases and review of the literature
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title_full_unstemmed Severe postpartum disruption of the pelvic ring: report of two cases and review of the literature
title_short Severe postpartum disruption of the pelvic ring: report of two cases and review of the literature
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