Hemodynamic Instability Following an Avulsion of the Corona Mortis Artery Secondary to a Benign Pubic Ramus Fracture

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages E14-E17

  Henning, Paul ^a   Brenner, Barry ^a   Brunner, Kathrin ^a   Zimmermann, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEURYSM; ARTERY; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; AVULSION INJURY; BLEEDING; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; CORONA MORTIS ARTERY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY; OBTURATOR ARTERY; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC BONE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTERIES; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; PUBIC BONE;

EID: 34250351410     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000210355.44804.24     Document Type: Article

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