A catastrophic complication of hip arthroscopy.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.arthro.2011.02.012.
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Abstract
We present the case of an unusual and serious complication of hip arthroscopy due to the severance of the inferior gluteal artery. The lesion induced a severe anemic condition and the formation of a large pseudoaneurysm, which compressed the sciatic nerve and left permanent neurologic sequelae. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of its kind. We also describe how to establish a safe posterior hip joint arthroscopic portal to avoid such a complication.
Medical subject headings
- Aneurysm, False
- Arthroscopy
- Nerve Compression Syndromes
- Osteoarthritis, Hip
- Sciatic Neuropathy
Anatomy
- hip