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Laceration of a branch of the profunda femoris artery caused by a spike of the displaced lesser trochanter in an inter-trochanteric femoral fracture. A case report

INTRODUCTION: Injury of femoral vessels is an extremely rare complication in intertrochanteric femoral fractures. In most cases reported, the vascular lesion involves the superficial femoral artery, whereas in very few cases does it involve the profunda femoris artery. Presentation of case: We repor...

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Autores principales: Potenza, Vito, Saputo, Ubaldo, Catellani, Francesco, Farsetti, Pasquale, Caterini, Roberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4906138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27266840
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2016.05.048