clinical features

Last reviewed 01/2018

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