[Laparoscopic extraction of a displaced Olmed screw].
Intrapelvic migration of hip screws is a rare complication to internal fixation of hip fractures. In this case the screw had migrated through the acetabulum and into the pelvic cavity. The screw was identified and removed with a laparoscopic procedure.
Rosendahl
M L
ML
Svendborg Sygehus, Ortopaedkirurgisk og organkirurgisk afdeling.
Faurschou
J P
JP
Larsen
T K
TK
Lundgaard
B
B
D000368:Aged; D001863:Bone Screws; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000601:surgery; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D010388:Pelvis / Q000601:surgery