Bladder inflation to reduce hemorrhage secondary to a pelvic fracture
Bladder inflation may be a temporizing measure to tamponade pelvic bleeding in select trauma cases to bridge the patient to definitive interventions. Ultrasonographic confirmation of an intact bladder with an adjacent pelvic haematoma in a shocked adult with pelvic fracture is used for subject selection. An illustrative example of physiologic and interventional radiological control of pelvic bleeding following bladder inflation with sterile saline is presented.
Authors
- Tuan Phan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3402-4011)
- Mark Fitzgerald (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0183-7761)
- Cecil Johnny
- Sarah Fitzgerald
- Joseph Mathew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2394-682X)
- Robert Gocentas
- Madeline Green (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7190-4590)
- Warren Clements (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1859-5850)
- Yuewei Xiao
Institutions
- The Alfred Hospital (AU)
- National Trauma Research Institute (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Trauma Case Reports
- Published
- 2024-09-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2024.101105
- Primary Topic
- Urological Disorders and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00