title: Inferior epigastric artery avulsion: a fracture table complication.
abstract: The use of traction as an aid to fracture reduction and treatment is well recognized. We present a patient with a complex subtrochanteric femoral fracture that was reduced and fixed using traction on a fracture table. This led to avulsion of the contralateral inferior epigastric artery and life-threatening hemorrhage that necessitated operative intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, The Whittington Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: F S
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Cobiella
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D019074:Epigastric Arteries / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005596:Fractures, Closed / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D012421:Rupture