Juniper Publishers - Open Access Journal of Journal of Anesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine Surviving Major Trauma with Hemipelvectomy Authored by Christina Müller-Höcker Traumatic hemipelvectomy is a life threatening, however rare injury associated with high lethality. It comes along with excessive blood loss, related hemodynamic instability and injuries of the genitor-urinary system or the rectum. The real incidence is unknown because most patients die before reaching the hospital. The treatment requires a rapid, multidisciplinary team approach focused on hemorrhage control to correct coagulopathy and clear persistent signs of tissue hypoperfusion to save the patient’s life [1]. Improvements in prehospital rescue systems and initial trauma response have resulted in increased chances of survival. Most survivors are young, healthy individuals, who are able to tolerate massive hemorrhage and soft-tissue destruction [2-6]. We present a ca...
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