Pelvic fracture

artery injury, pelvic fracture and left femur fracture at the greater trochanter. All injuries acquired while operating a die cast press. Medical Diagnosis #1: Bladder Perforation What the Disease Is Bladder obstruction is anatomical or functional condition that blocks or impedes the flow of urine. The damaging effect of the obstruction affect function that is above the level of the obstruction. The severity of these harmful effects depends on…

with multiple fractures must be fully assessed prior to initiating treatment. This patient needs immediate attention for the fractured ribs and pelvis. Flail chest, which results from multiple ribs being fractured can be a life threatening injury. A fractured pelvis can cause life threatening bleeding due to injury to structures protected by the pelvis. If the pelvis ring is not damaged, the fracture is not as serious (Campagne, 2014). In the event the pelvis ring is broke, a pelvic splint…

It is built to help males carry a heavier weight; therefore, the pelvis has more muscle attachments. Pelvis pathologies vary from bone fractures pertaining to the pelvis or anything around those areas, such as ovarian cancer, ulcers, septate uterus and other deformities. There are many fractures that can be found on an x-ray image as well as in ultrasounds. Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a common sexually transmitted disease that is found mostly in females. PID is caused by the spread of…

Structure and Functionality: For the anatomical model project, the pelvic girdle was researched and modeled. This part of the body is interesting to learn about due to its’ sheer complexity and versatile grouping of bone. The pelvic girdle supports and balances the trunk, connects it to the legs and and contains and supports the intestines, urinary bladder, and internal sex organs. Another fascinating facet of the pelvis is that it is the only bone in the body that is gender specific. Males have…

Hip Fracture in Older Adults Causes Hip fracture in older adults can be caused or sustained from a variety of causes. It is quite common for fractures to be sustained from falls in older adults who may have already been having some form of mobility issues to begin with. Of course spontaneous fractures may also occur during normal weight bearing movements due to Osteoporosis or other conditions or medications that may weaken the bones as well. Certain populations such as white women may also be…

SUBJECTIVE Patient seen in physical therapy. Reports he is about six weeks status post pelvic fracture. Reported this last week so may be closer to seven weeks now but I am unable to obtain any records. Patient reports he checked himself out of the hospital quite early. This happened on the West Coast so we have had a difficult time obtaining any records. Did get some x-rays shows hardware, his fracture is well aligned. Had images and what little information we had sent to an orthopedic…

Open limb fractures are commonly encountered as part of our daily practice. They are often complex injuries to manage and require a multidisciplinary team due to the musculoskeletal and associated soft-tissue injuries (1-3). The annual incidence of open fractures of long bones is 11.5 per 100,000 persons per year with 40% of them occur in the Lower Limb (LL) (4,5). Several classification systems have been used to grade the extent of injury and helped define the contemporary approach to the…

Jordan D Metzl, an orthopedic surgeon in New York City, recently diagnosed a nine-year-old-girl who suffered from a pelvic stress fracture over the course of training for her soccer team. The girl’s training sessions were scheduled for two to three hours per day for five to six days a week. According to Metzl’s findings, the major contributing factor for the stress fracture was the severe training that she had undergone, repeating the same techniques, slowly burning her athletic ability out.…

The patient had a review of systems positive for chest pain, shortness of breath and left lower extremity pain. Chest and pelvis X-rays where obtained, which revealed a left hemothorax and multiple pelvic fractures respectively. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest and abdomen were also obtained which further disclosed an incomplete aortic transection, left pneumothorax and a shattered spleen. Due to the radiological findings the patient had a chest tube…

us. The bones of the legs, pelvis, Are back hold up the body to maintain are posture, the jaw supports the teeth, mostly all the bones in our body support our muscles and tendons in our body. They also protect our brain, spinal cord, lungs, heart, pelvic viscera, and your bone marrow it also provides support and attachment of your arms and legs. Bone is a living tissue that is hard and can be soft but flexible enough to break. The…