Management of hemorrhage in severe pelvic injuries.

Background: Major pelvic trauma results in high mortality. No standard technique to control pelvic hemorrhage has been identified.

Methods: In this retrospective study, the clinical course of hemodynamically instable trauma patients with pelvic fractures treated according to an institutional algorithm focusing on basic radiologic diagnostics, external fixation, and early angiographic embolization was evaluated.

Mineralization density and apparent density in mandibular condyle bone.

Objectives: This study evaluated a method for determining the density and distribution of bone of mandibular condyles using proprietary computerized tomography (CT) software.

Study Design: Thirty-eight condylar specimens were investigated with a high-resolution multislice CT. The density was determined by using bone density analysis algorithms available within the proprietary software.

Alternaria alternata soft tissue infection in a forearm transplant recipient.

Background: Composite tissue allograft recipients require intensive immunosuppression and are therefore at risk of infections. Filamentous fungal infections are among the complications most difficult to manage in organ transplant recipients.

Methods: Case report and literature review.

Complete hepatic ischemia due to torsion of a large accessory liver lobe: first case to require transplantation.

Anatomical abnormalities of the liver are extremely rare. Although the majority of cases with an accessory liver are not detected, it can give rise to various clinical symptoms like recurrent abdominal pain and impaired liver function. Here we present the first case of orthotopic liver transplantation in a patient with hepatic ischemia caused by complete vascular occlusion due to a twisted accessory liver lobe.