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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-4-28
pubmed:abstractText
During a 5 year period, 1417 patients with various types of hip fractures were surgically treated. Three cases of iatrogenic arterial injuries occurred during the correction procedures, giving an incidence of 0.21%. In 2 patients the profunda femoral and in one the common femoral artery were involved. The mechanisms of injury were: a protruding screw, beyond the medial border of the femur in the first patient, arterial tear, due to bone speculae in the second and external pressure to the artery from an avulsed lesser trochanter in the third. The clinical findings were false aneurysms in two and distal ischaemia in the third patient. All patients were surgically treated. Early diagnosis of this type of injuries is the cornerstone for a good outcome.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0001-5458
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
93
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
284-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Iatrogenic arterial trauma associated with hip fracture surgery.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Vascular Surgery, Athens General Hospital, Greece.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article