Interventional Radiology in the Management of Pelvic Fractures

ABSTRACT

Interventional radiology has a pivotal role in the evaluation and treatment of pelvic fractures. These devastating injuries are seen in every emergency room and should be treated by a multidisciplinary team. The radiographic evaluation should begin with the determination of which fracture pattern is present and then be correlated with the clinical condition of the patient. If a site of hemorrhage is present, the patient should then be investigated by interventional radiology, and the sites of bleeding embolized. The fracture patterns show distinctive predilection for injury to specific arteries. The care if the entire patient should be considered so that the interventions can have the greatest effect.

KEYWORDS

Trauma - pelvis - embolization

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