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Bilateral iliac artery dissection following severe complex unstable pelvic fracture

^a Departments of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, D-30625 Hannover, Germany
^b Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
^c Department of Trauma Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

*Corresponding author. Tel.: +49-511/532-4895; fax: +49-511/532 5404.

E-mail address: teebken.omke{at}mh-hannover.de (O.E. Teebken).

The case of an 18-year-old polytrauma patient with a complete disruption of the right external iliac artery and a dissection of the left external iliac artery mainly caused by bilateral complex pelvic fractures type C, a subluxated horizontal fracture of the right acetabulum, and a transforaminal sacrum fracture is described.

Key Words: Iliac artery dissection; Polytrauma; Tile's C; Unstable pelvic fracture