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Zsolt Balogh
John Hunter Hospital
University of Newcastle
Newcastle, NSW, Australia

This book will be published in June of 2008
Pre-publication price: $129.00
ISBN: TBA
Pub date: 2008-06-01

Table of contents

Planned List of Topics

Foreword

Epidemiology

The dangerous fracture patterns

The sources of bleeding

The invisible patients—prehospital deaths

Institutional protocols

Summary of protocols

Do we need institutional practice guidelines?

Emergency department management

Pelvic binding

Angio embolization

Is there a role of CT scan?

Priorities and logistics in imaging

Acute pelvic fixation pros and cons

Methods of acute pelvic fixation

The biomechanics of acute pelvic fixation

External fixator

C-clamp

Minimally invasive posterior fixation

Priorities in polytrauma patients

Definitive pelvic fixation

The coagulopathic patient

Urogenital injuries

Rectal injuries

Neurological injuries

The open pelvic fracture

Timing of secondary surgery

ICU management, abdominal compartment syndrome, multiple organ failure

Short term outcomes

Long term outcomes

Spectrum of training required to manage bleeding pelvic fracture patients

Key performance indicators

Future directions