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PELVIC TRAUMA
ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA
ABDOMINAL TRAUMA

 

 

Exsanguinating Pelvic Trauma

Focused Abdominal Sonography for Trauma (FAST)

Left Upper Quadrant

Demonstration Video courtesy Grace Rozycki, MD FACS and B & K Medical.

The left upper quadrant examination visualizes the spleen and perisplenic areas.

The transducer is placed on the left posterior axillary line region between the 10th and 11th ribs.


NORMAL
The normal sagittal section demonstrates the spleen and kidney.

ABNORMAL
Blood appears as a hypoechoic area posterior to the spleen.

 

 

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