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Pelvis

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A jockey sustains lower torsopelvic trauma after his horse falls on him while attempting to jump over a hurdle. The patient presents with an obvious crushed pelvis. The patient is hemodynamically stable. A retrograde urethrogram was performed (no urethral injury) followed by cystography that demonstrated an extraperitoneal bladder injury. Further diagnostic evaluation (computed tomography scan) demonstrated no abdominal pathology. The unstable pelvis fracture will require the application of an external fixator.Which of the following is an essential component of this specific management plan?

  1. (A)

    Diagnostic peritoneal lavage

  2. (B)

    Laparoscopy

  3. (C)

    Diverting colostomy

  4. (D)

    Pelvic angiography

  5. (E)

    Proctoscopy

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Connecticut Health System, Farmington, CT, USA

    Craig M. Rodner MD

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Connecticut Health Sciences Center, Farmington, CT, USA

    Bruce D. Browner MD

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  1. Department of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, USA

    L. D. Britt MD, MPH (Brickhouse Professor of Surgery and Chairman) (Brickhouse Professor of Surgery and Chairman)

  2. Department of Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, OR, USA

    Donald D. Trunkey MD (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Emory University School of Medicine, Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA

    David V. Feliciano MD (Professor of Surgery, Chief of Surgery) (Professor of Surgery, Chief of Surgery)

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Rodner, C.M., Browner, B.D. (2007). Pelvis. In: Britt, L.D., Trunkey, D.D., Feliciano, D.V. (eds) Acute Care Surgery. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-69012-4_37

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