| Literature DB >> 28090271 |
Amit Gupta1, Ashutosh Tandon1, Abdul Quadir Quereshi1, Sunil Kumar1, Shobha Arora2.
Abstract
External fixators for fracture stabilization or limb lengthening cause complications such as pseudoaneurysm, acute ischemia, bleeding, compartment syndrome, and arterio venous fistula. This is a report of a patient who sustained open fracture of both bones of the right leg and the recovery period was complicated by a rare complication where migration of the proximal pin of external fixator into the popliteal vessels and caused rupture of pseudoaneurysm with popliteal vessels injury after a trivial trauma.Entities:
Keywords: External fixator; Pin migration; Popliteal vessels; Pseudoaneurysm
Year: 2010 PMID: 28090271 PMCID: PMC5219903 DOI: 10.5001/omj.2010.74
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Oman Med J ISSN: 1999-768X