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dc.contributor.authorCraxford, Simon
dc.contributor.authorGale, Michael
dc.contributor.authorLammin, K
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-06T14:50:54Z
dc.date.available2016-10-06T14:50:54Z
dc.date.issued2013-12
dc.identifier.citationCase Rep Orthop. 2013;2013:181293. doi: 10.1155/2013/181293. Epub 2013 Dec 17.language
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12904/986
dc.description.abstractWe report the case of an 82-year-old woman who developed extensive proximal thigh swelling and persistent anaemia following internal fixation of an extracapsular neck of femur fracture with a dynamic hip screw (DHS). This was revealed to be a pseudoaneurysm of a branch of profunda femoris artery on angiography. Her case was further complicated by a concurrent pulmonary embolism (PE). She underwent endovascular coil embolisation of the pseudoaneurysm. An IVC filter was inserted and the patient was fully anticoagulated once it had been ensured that there was no active bleeding. In this case, we review the potential for anatomical variations in the blood supply to this region and discuss treatment options for a complicated patient. We recommend that a pseudoaneurysm should be part of a differential diagnosis for postoperative patients with anaemia refractory to blood transfusion so as not to miss this rare but potentially serious complication.language
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dc.subjectExtracapsular Neck of Femur Fracturelanguage
dc.subjectDynamic Hip Screwlanguage
dc.subjectSurgerylanguage
dc.titleArterial Injury to the Profunda Femoris Artery following Internal Fixation of a Neck of Femur Fracture with a Compression Hip Screw.language
dc.typeArticlelanguage
refterms.dateFOA2021-06-03T10:31:36Z


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