title: Sliding hip screw in pelvis: a rare intra-operative complication.
abstract: We are presenting an unusual intra-operative complication of penetration of sliding hip screw (SHS) into the pelvis during fixation of an intertrochanteric fracture neck of femur in a 78-year-old man along with the technique of retrieving it.
authors.affiliation: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XW, UK. naidumsuk@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naidu Maripuri
authors.forename: U K
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Debnath
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hemmadi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001863:Bone Screws / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020878:Device Removal; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D005593:Fracture Fixation, Internal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D010388:Pelvis; D011859:Radiography