• Z Orthop Unfall · Jan 2009

    Case Reports

    [False aneurysm of the deep femoral artery due to pertrochanteric fracture of the hip with displaced fragment of the lesser trochanter].

    • H Lohmann, S Esenwein, B Geier, T Vogel, and H Kleinert.
    • Orthopädische Universitätsklinik, St. Josefs-Hospital, Bochum. h.lohmann@klinikum-bochum.de
    • Z Orthop Unfall. 2009 Jan 1; 147 (1): 23-5.

    AbstractWe report the case of an 82-year-old man with a pertrochanteric fracture of the hip and an avulsion of the lesser trochanter. During the third postoperative week after unproblematic correction with a gamma nail, a swelling of the proximal thigh occurred. Angiographs showed a false aneurysm of the deep femoral artery which was treated by suture.

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