Severe pelvic injury: vascular lesions detected by ante- and post-mortem contrast medium-enhanced CT and associations with pelvic fractures

Hussami, Mahmoud; Grabherr, Silke; Meuli, Reto A; Schmidt, Sabine

doi:10.1007/s00414-016-1503-4

Scientific article

English

Severe pelvic injury: vascular lesions detected by ante- and post-mortem contrast medium-enhanced CT and associations with pelvic fractures

ContributorsHussami, Mahmoud; Grabherr, Silke; Meuli, Reto A; Schmidt, Sabine

Published inInternational Journal of Legal Medicine, vol. 131, no. 3, p. 731-738

Publication date2017

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to compare arterial and venous contrast medium extravasation in severe pelvic injury detected by ante- and post-mortem multi-detector CT (MDCT) and determine whether vascular injury is associated with certain types of pelvic fracture.

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Angiography
Arteries/injuries
Contrast Media
Female
Fractures, Bone/diagnostic imaging
Hemorrhage/diagnostic imaging/etiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Multidetector Computed Tomography
Pelvic Bones/diagnostic imaging/injuries
Phlebography
Retrospective Studies
Veins/injuries
Young Adult

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de médecine légale

Research groups

Groupe Silke Grabherr (969)

Citation (ISO format)

HUSSAMI, Mahmoud et al. Severe pelvic injury: vascular lesions detected by ante- and post-mortem contrast medium-enhanced CT and associations with pelvic fractures. In: International Journal of Legal Medicine, 2017, vol. 131, n° 3, p. 731–738. doi: 10.1007/s00414-016-1503-4