Arterial injury during retrograde femoral nailing: A case report of injury to a branch of the profunda femoris artery

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 140-143

  Coupe, Kevin J ^a   Beaver, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial injury; Femur fracture; Intramedullary nailing; Locking screw; Retrograde

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BONE NAIL; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ANGIOGRAPHY; BONE NAILS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0035256701     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: 15312291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200102000-00013     Document Type: Article

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