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  • Title: [An unusual complication of fracture of the pubic bone: traumatic perforation of the small intestine].
    Author: Kiefer S, Kleinfeld F.
    Journal: Aktuelle Traumatol; 1994 May; 24(3):81-2. PubMed ID: 8048368.
    Abstract:
    A 79-year old woman experienced a pubic bone fracture without severe dislocation as a result of a minor trauma. On the same day of the accident the patient developed symptoms of an acute abdomen. During laparatomy a traumatic small bowel perforation, caused by the fracture, was found. The patient died of peritonitis and complications independent of the original trauma three weeks after the accident.
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