Injury of the Ascending Branch of the Lateral Femoral Circumflex Artery Caused by a Spike of the Displaced Lesser Trochanter in an Intertrochanteric Femoral Fracture - A Case Report -

Soon Ho Huh; Hong-Man Cho; Jiyeon Park

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Case Report Injury of the Ascending Branch of the Lateral Femoral Circumflex Artery Caused by a Spike of the Displaced Lesser Trochanter in an Intertrochanteric Femoral Fracture - A Case Report -: Soon Ho Huh, Hong-Man Cho, Jiyeon Park; Journal of Musculoskeletal Trauma 2021;34(2):71-75.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12671/jkfs.2021.34.2.71
Published online: April 30, 2021

¹Department of Orthopedic Surgery, St. Carollo Hospital, Suncheon, Korea

²Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gwangju Veterans Hospital, Gwangju, Korea

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Abstract

Although vascular injuries associated with femoral intertrochanteric fractures have been reported infrequently, bleeding due to vascular injury can lead to severe complications that can be potentially life and limb-threatening. The authors report a case of an injury of the ascending branch of the lateral femoral convolutional artery in a patient who underwent surgical treatment for a femoral intertrochanteric fracture. Vascular injury occurred due to the sharp margin of displaced lesser trochanter five weeks after surgery. Percutaneous transcatheter embolization was done and improved without additional complications. Therefore, the surgeons need to be aware of possible associated vascular injuries caused by displaced lesser trochanter fragments in femoral intertrochanteric fractures.

Keywords: Hip fractures, Vascular injury, Femoral artery, Lesser trochanter

J Korean Fract Soc. 2021 Apr;34(2):71-75. Korean.
Published online Apr 23, 2021.
https://doi.org/10.12671/jkfs.2021.34.2.71

Case Report

Injury of the Ascending Branch of the Lateral Femoral Circumflex Artery Caused by a Spike of the Displaced Lesser Trochanter in an Intertrochanteric Femoral Fracture: A Case Report

Soon Ho Huh

, M.D., Hong-Man Cho

, M.D., Ph.D.,^* and Jiyeon Park

, M.D.^*

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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, St. Carollo Hospital, Suncheon, Korea.
- ^*Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gwangju Veterans Hospital, Gwangju, Korea.
Correspondence to: Hong-Man Cho, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gwangju Veterans Hospital, 99 Cheomdanwolbong-ro, Gwangsangu, Gwangju 62284, Korea. Tel: +82-62-602-6162, Fax: +82-62-602-6164, Email: chm1228@naver.com

Received January 10, 2021; Revised February 16, 2021; Accepted February 16, 2021.

This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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Hip fractures, Vascular injury, Femoral artery, Lesser trochanter

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Fig. 1
(A) Simple radiograph of left femur anteroposterior (AP) and lateral showed the reduction state of intertrochanter femoral fracture with proximal femoral nail anti-rotation (PFNA) with drain insertion state and anterior and superior migration of lesser trochanter with sharp inferior margin. (B) Postoperative simple radiograph of the left femur AP and lateral showed a reduction of an intertrochanteric femoral fracture with the PFNA. (C) Follow-up postoperative radiograph until discharge showed gradual migration of the lesser trochanter superior and anterior compared to the right after surgery.

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(A) Computed tomographic angiography showed a massive hematoma near the branch of lateral circumflex femoral artery irritated by the sharp inferior margin of the lesser trochanter that was displaced superior and anterior (arrowheads). (B) Percutaneous transcatheter angiogram showed cutting of the ascending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery because of the sharp inferior margin of the displaced lesser trochanter (arrowhead). (C) After superselection of the bleeding artery using a microcatheter and guidewire, embolization of the bleeding artery was done using micro-coil (3.2 mm, 1×; 4.2 mm, 1×) (arrowhead). No extravasation of the left deep femoral artery was observed in the post-embolization angiogram. (D) Surgical evacuation of the hematoma near the vastus lateralis and intermedius was done under spinal anesthesia.

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Injury of the Ascending Branch of the Lateral Femoral Circumflex Artery Caused by a Spike of the Displaced Lesser Trochanter in an Intertrochanteric Femoral Fracture - A Case Report -

J Korean Fract Soc. 2021;34(2):71-75. Published online April 30, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.12671/jkfs.2021.34.2.71