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Taishi Hirai1, Yutaka Inaba1, Naomi Kobayashi1
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan.
Abstract:
Iatrogenic injuries to the vascular system are a rare but serious complication of hip surgery. We report a case of an 83-year-old man who presented with intrapelvic migration of a screw into the space between the external iliac artery and vein 21 years after hip arthrodesis. The patient was treated with laparotomy, and the damaged artery was excised and sutured. This is the first case of a late vascular complication secondary to screw migration after hip arthrodesis.
