Fatal retroperitoneal hemorrhage caused by perforation of a guidewire pin for proximal femur fixation

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-63

  Leunig, Michael ^a   Meyer, Michael ^a   Beck, Martin ^a   Triller, Jürgen ^a   Stupnicki, Alexander ^a   Zimmermann, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fatal hemorrhage; Guidewire pin penetration; Intra abdominal compartment syndrome; Intrapelvic blood vessel; Proximal femur fracture

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ACETABULUM; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTERY PERFORATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BONE NAIL; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FEMUR INTERTROCHANTERIC FRACTURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LUNG INSUFFICIENCY; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036935237     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020100350     Document Type: Article

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