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Bleeding in the Pelvis

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Penetrating injuries to the pelvis often cause complex multi-organ injuries due the crowded space of the pelvic cavity, which contains the rectum, the bladder and ureters, the iliac arteries and veins, and the boney pelvis. The trauma surgeon’s urgent goals are hemostasis and control of contamination; restoration of continuity of hollow organs should only be undertaken after the urgent goals are met. In this chapter, we will focus on rapid control of bleeding and briefly discuss reconstruction options.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Brigham Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA, MA02115, USA

    Edward Kelly

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  1. Professor of Surgery Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard University Medical School, Boston, USA

    George C. Velmahos

  2. Professor Emeritus, Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Milpark Hospital Academic Trauma Centre and Leratong Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Elias Degiannis

  3. Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgery, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Dietrich Doll

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Kelly, E. (2017). Bleeding in the Pelvis. In: Velmahos, G., Degiannis, E., Doll, D. (eds) Penetrating Trauma. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-49859-0_58

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