Proximal Femur Fracture and Vascular Injury in Adults-Case Report

Abstract

Abstract Vascular complications in the surgical treatment of hip fractures are rare. Depending on the arterial injury, severe intraoperative bleeding or a subacute hematoma formation with arterial pseudoaneurysm development can occur. In the literature, the more frequently described complications are large local hematomas after osteosynthesis with sliding hip screws. This report shows a case of delayed arterial injury after proximal femur osteosynthesis.

Keywords

• fraturas do fêmur
• lesões do sistema vascular
• parafusos ósseos
• quadril/cirurgia