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Vascular complications in floating hip.

Placido Zamora-Navas1, Enrique Guerado

  • 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, University of Malaga, Medical School, Malaga, Spain. pzn@uma.es

Hip International : the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Research on Hip Pathology and Therapy
|June 1, 2010
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Floating hip injuries, involving pelvic and femur fractures, often occur with polytrauma. Vascular injuries in these cases, though treatable, frequently lead to amputation, indicating poor limb viability.

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Area of Science:

  • Orthopedic Surgery
  • Trauma Surgery
  • Vascular Surgery

Background:

  • The floating hip is defined as a fracture of the pelvis/acetabulum combined with an ipsilateral femur fracture.
  • These injuries often present as part of polytrauma, with outcomes worse than isolated fractures.

Observation:

  • A series of 11 patients with floating hip lesions were studied, all presenting with polytrauma.
  • The most common combination was diaphyseal femur fracture with ipsilateral acetabular fracture.
  • Three patients with supracondylar fractures also had popliteal vascular injuries requiring repair.

Findings:

  • Despite prompt vascular repair, all three patients with associated vascular injuries ultimately underwent above-knee amputation.
  • Associated injuries included bladder lesions, sciatic nerve injury, myositis ossificans, and skin injuries.
  • Vascular injuries, previously undescribed in floating hip literature, were the most severe complication in this series.

Implications:

  • Prompt vascular repair is crucial for major lower limb vascular injuries accompanying a floating hip.
  • However, the severity of these combined injuries suggests a very low likelihood of limb viability.
  • This highlights the critical need for specialized trauma care and realistic outcome expectations in floating hip cases.