Pseudoaneurysm of the profunda femoris artery due to intertrochanteric fracture of the hip

Authors
Murphy, PG Geoghegan, JG Austin, O More-O'Ferrall, R Quinlan, WR Keaveny, TV
Citation
Pg. Murphy et al., Pseudoaneurysm of the profunda femoris artery due to intertrochanteric fracture of the hip, ARCH ORTHOP, 119(1-2), 1999, pp. 117-118
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Ortopedics, Rehabilitation & Sport Medicine
Journal title
ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY
ISSN journal
09368051 → ACNP
Volume
119
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
117 - 118
Database
ISI
SICI code
0936-8051(199902)119:1-2<117:POTPFA>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Arterial injury caused by hip fracture is a rare event. We report a case of pseudoaneurysm of the profunda femoris artery that presented 4 weeks after correction of an intertrochanteric hip fracture with a dynamic hip screw. The diagnosis was confirmed by Duplex ultrasound scanning, and it was treat ed by ligation of the profunda femoris artery at the level of the pseudoane urysm.