Pelvic fractures-A guide to classification and management

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-23

  Slater, S J ^a,b   Barron, D A ^a,b  

^a LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pelvic fracture; Pelvic haemorrhage; Polytrauma CT; Urological injury

Indexed keywords

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; HAEMORRHAGE; HIGH ENERGY; POLYTRAUMA; POLYTRAUMA CT;

FRACTURE;

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLADDER INJURY; BLADDER RUPTURE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIUM EXTRAVASATION; CYSTOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SACRUM; SACRUM FRACTURE; URETHRA INJURY; WHOLE BODY CT;

FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; PELVIC BONES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77950298659     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.01.025     Document Type: Review

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