Bladder inflation to reduce hemorrhage secondary to a pelvic fracture

• DOI: 10.1016/j.tcr.2024.101105
• Publication Date: 2024-09-14T02:15:58Z
• Authors: Mark Fitzgerald; Tuan Phan; Sarah Fitzgerald; Yuewei Xiao; Madeline Green; Cecil Johnny; Joseph Mathew; Robert Gocentas; Warren Clements
• Keywords: 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.