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11995887

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-5-8
pubmed:abstractText
A 77-year-old woman with a slightly displaced intertrochanteric two-fragment fracture of the left hip was treated by internal fixation using a screw-nail device (gamma nail). After the operation she became hemodynamically unstable, and ultrasound revealed a large retroperitoneal fluid accumulation in the left lower abdomen. A contrast computed tomogram revealed active hemorrhage next to the quadrilateral surface of the left acetabulum. Selective angiography and embolization were immediately initiated and stopped the bleeding. However, despite the successful treatment of the retroperitoneal hemorrhage, the patient developed an oligosymptomatic myocardial infarction associated with clinical evidence of a cerebrovascular insult and pulmonary decompensation and died 2 weeks after her accident. The hemorrhage in this patient was most likely caused by surgical damage to the obturator artery during placement of the guidewire pin (with threaded tip) to position the screw of the implant.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0936-8051
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
122
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
61-3
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Fatal retroperitoneal hemorrhage caused by perforation of a guidewire pin for proximal femur fixation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Berne, Inselspital, Switzerland. michael.leunig@insel.ch
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports