Clinical features
The clinical features one may find in a patient with a pelvic fracture are as follows;
- severe shock due to visceral damage and significant haemorrhage
- local bruising and swelling extending into the thigh, perineum, scrotum or labia
- bleeding from the urethra
- abdominal tenderness
- pain on springing of the pelvis
- abnormal position of or pain in the sacrum and coccyx on per rectum examination
- high riding prostate indicating urethral tear on rectal examination in men
- neurological damage to the lumbosacral plexus
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