Pulmonary Thromboembolism during Acetabular Fracture Operation

Acetabular and Pelvic ring fractures are major high-energy trauma injuries and are often combined with other injuries. In particular, cause of long duration of immobilization and combined injuries, venous thromboembolism is a common complication in trauma patients with pelvic or acetabular fractures...

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Main Authors: Il Seo, Chang-Wug Oh, Joon-Woo Kim, Kyeong-Hyun Park
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Traumatology 2018-08-01
Series:Journal of Trauma and Injury
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Online Access:http://www.jtraumainj.org/upload/pdf/jti-31-072.pdf
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Chang-Wug Oh
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description Acetabular and Pelvic ring fractures are major high-energy trauma injuries and are often combined with other injuries. In particular, cause of long duration of immobilization and combined injuries, venous thromboembolism is a common complication in trauma patients with pelvic or acetabular fractures. We report a case of a fatal pulmonary thromboembolism during the acetabulum fracture operation in a 62-year-old male patient.
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spelling doaj-art-4fd66e4cd5ef44849bbb703ba06f12f22025-08-20T01:56:32ZengKorean Society of TraumatologyJournal of Trauma and Injury1738-87672287-16832018-08-01312727510.20408/jti.2018.31.2.72952Pulmonary Thromboembolism during Acetabular Fracture OperationIl Seo0Chang-Wug Oh1Joon-Woo Kim2Kyeong-Hyun Park3 Regional Trauma Center, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea Regional Trauma Center, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea Regional Trauma Center, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, Korea Regional Trauma Center, Kyungpook National University Hospital, Daegu, KoreaAcetabular and Pelvic ring fractures are major high-energy trauma injuries and are often combined with other injuries. In particular, cause of long duration of immobilization and combined injuries, venous thromboembolism is a common complication in trauma patients with pelvic or acetabular fractures. We report a case of a fatal pulmonary thromboembolism during the acetabulum fracture operation in a 62-year-old male patient.http://www.jtraumainj.org/upload/pdf/jti-31-072.pdfpulmonary thromboembolismacetabulumwounds and injuries
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Chang-Wug Oh
Joon-Woo Kim
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Pulmonary Thromboembolism during Acetabular Fracture Operation
Journal of Trauma and Injury
pulmonary thromboembolism
acetabulum
wounds and injuries
title Pulmonary Thromboembolism during Acetabular Fracture Operation
title_full Pulmonary Thromboembolism during Acetabular Fracture Operation
title_fullStr Pulmonary Thromboembolism during Acetabular Fracture Operation
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary Thromboembolism during Acetabular Fracture Operation
title_short Pulmonary Thromboembolism during Acetabular Fracture Operation
title_sort pulmonary thromboembolism during acetabular fracture operation
topic pulmonary thromboembolism
acetabulum
wounds and injuries
url http://www.jtraumainj.org/upload/pdf/jti-31-072.pdf
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