title: Perforation of the sigmoid colon by an orthopedic nail: report of a case.
abstract: Clinical features and radiographs are presented of a patient whose sigmoid colon was perforated by an orthopedic nail entering the peritoneal cavity via the left acetabulum. The patient was successfully treated by extraction of the nail and closure of the colonic defect.
mesh_terms: D001858:Bone Nails / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006615:Hip / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D018805:Sepsis / Q000601:surgery; D012810:Sigmoid Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*