Citation

Perinjelil V, Maraqa T, Chavez Yenter A, Ohaeri H, Mercer L, Bansal A, Sachwani-Daswani GR. J. Surg. Case Rep. 2018; 2018(9): rjy240.

Affiliation

1 Hurley Plaza, 7 B Trauma Services, Flint, MI, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/jscr/rjy240

PMID

30254731

PMCID

PMC6149232

Abstract

We describe a patient who suffered a crush injury after a motor vehicle accident leading to complex pelvic injuries complicated by an AV fistula. Traumatic arteriovenous (AV) fistulas from blunt, non-penetrating injuries are uncommon and rarely described in medical literature. A CT followed by pelvic angiogram performed by interventional radiology revealed a traumatic fistula which was then treated by embolization. Patient underwent exploratory laparotomy, craniotomy and open reduction internal fixation of pelvis and was stabilized prior to discharge to rehabilitation.

Language: en