BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to describe @entity174 and their associated @entity130 in service members who either died of wounds or were killed in action during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom and define any differences in associated @entity130 between penetrating versus blunt @entity130 . METHODS: A review of all service members who sustained a pelvis @entity174 during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom in the year 2008 was performed. Data were recorded for analysis. RESULTS: One hundred four nonsurvivors were identified with @entity174 . Appropriate records, photos, and radiographs were available for 91, 70 were classified as "Not Survivable" (77%) and 21 "Potentially Survivable" (23%). Mechanisms of injury included 69 blast (76%), 14 gunshot wounds (15%), 4 motor vehicle accidents (4.5%), and 4 "other" (4.5%). Direct @entity130 was penetrating in 60 (66%) and blunt in 31 (34%). Large @entity130 was observed more frequently in penetrating @entity130 (27%) than @entity1913 (3%). Hollow viscus @entity3511 were more common in those with penetrating (57%) than @entity1913 (10%). There was an inverse relationship with intra-abdominal, solid organ @entity130 (blunt, 81%; penetrating, 55%). @entity542 were also more common in blunt @entity130 (blunt, 68%; penetrating, 45%), as were @entity130 (blunt, 84%, penetrating @entity130 , 57%). CONCLUSIONS: Large pelvic vessel and hollow viscus @entity130 occur more frequently in penetrating combat-related @entity174 , whereas intra-abdominal solid organ, head, and @entity130 are more common in blunt @entity130 .

Combat-related pelvis XXXX in nonsurvivors.

@entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['pelvic fractures', 'fracture'] @entity542 :: ('MESH:D006259', 'Disease') :: ['Head injuries'] @entity1913 :: ('MESH:D014949', 'Disease') :: ['blunt injuries'] @entity3511 :: ('MESH:D000007', 'Disease') :: ['abdominal injuries'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['pelvic vessel injury', 'injuries', 'pelvic injuries', 'cardiopulmonary injuries', 'injury to the pelvis']
@entity174 :: (MESH:D050723,Disease) :: ['fractures']
