Investigating pelvic fractures on CT
About 10% of fractures in blunt trauma patients are pelvic fractures. Watch this short video and learn how to diagnose those fractures on CT from our expert radiologist.
Pelvic fractures can be grouped into three main patterns: ramus pubic fractures, sacral fractures, and acetabulum fractures. In this lesson, you’ll learn from a radiologist how to look for and diagnose different kinds of pelvic fractures.
Start the first chapter of our Abdominal CT Masterclass: Trauma course for free
After attending this course, you will master the essentials of abdominopelvic trauma CT interpretation and feel comfortable reviewing studies on your own. You will recognize and characterize solid organ, bowel, vascular injuries, and fractures as well as become familiar with patterns of injury involving multiple systems. Your skills will be solidified with case study reviews of complex polytrauma.
Build upon your Abdominal CT Essentials skills and use CT to evaluate for injuries including polytrauma, fractures, and solid organ trauma.