Falso Aneurisma da artéria femoral profunda após fixação de fratura intertrocantérica com placa e parafuso deslizante

Abstract

Dynamic hip screw fixation is a routinely performed procedure for internal fixation of intertrochanteric fractures. Arterial injury following surgical fixation is a rare but serious event. We report the case of a 79‐year‐old man who developed a pseudoaneurysm of a branch of the profunda femoris artery after fixation of intertrochanteric fracture with a dynamic hip screw. The computed tomographic (CT) angiography revealed the diagnosis, and the pseudoaneurysm was embolized with coils. At six months of follow‐up the patient is asymptomatic and the CT angiography performed showed the aneurysm exclusion.