• Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Sep 2007

    Case Reports

    Sliding hip screw in pelvis: a rare intra-operative complication.

    • Naidu Maripuri S S Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XW, UK. naidumsuk@yahoo.co.in, U K Debnath, S Hemmadi, and C Wilson.
    • Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XW, UK. naidumsuk@yahoo.co.in
    • Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2007 Sep 1; 127 (7): 523-5.

    AbstractWe are presenting an unusual intra-operative complication of penetration of sliding hip screw (SHS) into the pelvis during fixation of an intertrochanteric fracture neck of femur in a 78-year-old man along with the technique of retrieving it.

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