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Complex Open Pelvic Fracture in an 8-Year-Old Girl Treated With INFIX—A Case Study

We describe the case of an 8-year old female patient with an open pelvic fracture after being run over by a bus. Open pelvic injuries in pediatric patients are very rare and are associated with high mortality rates and long-term morbidity. In this case, a multidisciplinary surgical approach is descr...

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Autores principales: Rad, Darius, van Embden, Daphne, Bijlsma, Paulien, Bates, Peter
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6510460/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31334479
http://dx.doi.org/10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-17-00089
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description We describe the case of an 8-year old female patient with an open pelvic fracture after being run over by a bus. Open pelvic injuries in pediatric patients are very rare and are associated with high mortality rates and long-term morbidity. In this case, a multidisciplinary surgical approach is described. The injuries include a complex pelvic ring fracture, which was treated with an internal external fixator, together with severe urogenital and soft-tissue injury. The internal external fixator, a surgical technique involving a temporary internal fixation device, is well described in adults, but has not been described in pediatric patients before. This case presentation shows the severity and complexity of the treatment of open pelvic fractures with severe associated injures. Albeit the treatment of her orthopaedic injuries has been successful so far, our patient unfortunately still suffers notable morbidity from her other injuries.
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spelling pubmed-65104602019-07-22 Complex Open Pelvic Fracture in an 8-Year-Old Girl Treated With INFIX—A Case Study Rad, Darius van Embden, Daphne Bijlsma, Paulien Bates, Peter J Am Acad Orthop Surg Glob Res Rev Case Report We describe the case of an 8-year old female patient with an open pelvic fracture after being run over by a bus. Open pelvic injuries in pediatric patients are very rare and are associated with high mortality rates and long-term morbidity. In this case, a multidisciplinary surgical approach is described. The injuries include a complex pelvic ring fracture, which was treated with an internal external fixator, together with severe urogenital and soft-tissue injury. The internal external fixator, a surgical technique involving a temporary internal fixation device, is well described in adults, but has not been described in pediatric patients before. This case presentation shows the severity and complexity of the treatment of open pelvic fractures with severe associated injures. Albeit the treatment of her orthopaedic injuries has been successful so far, our patient unfortunately still suffers notable morbidity from her other injuries. Wolters Kluwer 2019-03-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6510460/ /pubmed/31334479 http://dx.doi.org/10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-17-00089 Text en Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives License 4.0 (CC BY-ND) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/) which allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to the author.
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Complex Open Pelvic Fracture in an 8-Year-Old Girl Treated With INFIX—A Case Study
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title_short Complex Open Pelvic Fracture in an 8-Year-Old Girl Treated With INFIX—A Case Study
title_sort complex open pelvic fracture in an 8-year-old girl treated with infix—a case study
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6510460/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-17-00089
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