[An unusual complication of fracture of the pubic bone: traumatic perforation of the small intestine].

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.