Spontaneous Hemarthrosis of the Knee - Late Complication of Flexible Femur Nailing: A Case Report

We present a case report of acute spontaneous knee hemarthosis due to erosion of the nail through the knee joint capsule in a boy, seven months following retrograde flexible nailing for fractured femur. Careful positioning of the location of the insertion site of flexible nails and proper nail tip m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Kushare, Indranil V, Oetgen, Matthew E, Walters, Suzanne J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2016
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5282937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28180118
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/traumamon.23063
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Sumario:We present a case report of acute spontaneous knee hemarthosis due to erosion of the nail through the knee joint capsule in a boy, seven months following retrograde flexible nailing for fractured femur. Careful positioning of the location of the insertion site of flexible nails and proper nail tip management are important to avoid this rare late complication.

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