Iatrogenic Injury of Profunda Femoris Artery Branches after Intertrochanteric Hip Screw Fixation for Intertrochanteric Femoral Fracture: A Case Report and Literature Review

Nikolaos Patelis; Andreas Koutsoumpelis; Konstantinos Papoutsis; George Kouvelos; Chrysovalantis Vergadis; Anastasios Mourikis; Sotiris E. Georgopoulos

doi:10.1155/2014/694235

Case Reports in Vascular Medicine (Jan 2014)

Iatrogenic Injury of Profunda Femoris Artery Branches after Intertrochanteric Hip Screw Fixation for Intertrochanteric Femoral Fracture: A Case Report and Literature Review

Nikolaos Patelis,
Andreas Koutsoumpelis,
Konstantinos Papoutsis,
George Kouvelos,
Chrysovalantis Vergadis,
Anastasios Mourikis,
Sotiris E. Georgopoulos

Affiliations

Nikolaos Patelis: Department of Surgery, Subdivision of Vascular Surgery, Laiko University Hospital, 17 Ag. Thoma Street, 11527 Athens, Greece
Andreas Koutsoumpelis: Department of Surgery, Subdivision of Vascular Surgery, Laiko University Hospital, 17 Ag. Thoma Street, 11527 Athens, Greece
Konstantinos Papoutsis: Department of Surgery, Subdivision of Vascular Surgery, Laiko University Hospital, 17 Ag. Thoma Street, 11527 Athens, Greece
George Kouvelos: Department of Surgery, Subdivision of Vascular Surgery, Laiko University Hospital, 17 Ag. Thoma Street, 11527 Athens, Greece
Chrysovalantis Vergadis: Department of Radiology, Laiko University Hospital, 17 Ag. Thoma Street, 11527 Athens, Greece
Anastasios Mourikis: Department of Orthopedics, Laiko University Hospital, 17 Ag. Thoma Street, 11527 Athens, Greece
Sotiris E. Georgopoulos: Department of Surgery, Subdivision of Vascular Surgery, Laiko University Hospital, 17 Ag. Thoma Street, 11527 Athens, Greece

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/694235
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2014

Abstract

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A case of arterial rupture of the profunda femoris arterial branches, following dynamic hip screw (DHS) fixation for an intertrochanteric femoral fracture, is presented. Bleeding is controlled by coil embolization, but, later on, the patient underwent orthopedic material removal due to an infection of a large femoral hematoma.

Published in Case Reports in Vascular Medicine

ISSN: 2090-6986 (Print); 2090-6994 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1539

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