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Pelvic Fractures and the Unstable Patient

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• Usually a fall from<br />

height l<strong>and</strong>ing on<br />

extended extremity<br />

• Disruption of all<br />

ligaments of<br />

hemipelvis<br />

• Mechanically unstable<br />

• Not as bad from<br />

vascular injury<br />

st<strong>and</strong>point<br />

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