title: Major bleeding after drainage lancet vascular injury in total hip arthroplasty.
abstract: We report a patient who presented with acute hypovolemic shock due to massive bleeding through the suction drainage lancet holes three days after a total hip arthroplasty. Emergency digital arteriography revealed active bleeding of a perforating muscular branch of the profunda femoris artery located at the level of the lancet holes. Selective embolization with a microcatheter controlled the haemorrhage and avoided further surgical exploration, which could have demonstrated no active bleeding from the hip or pelvis. (Hip International 2004; 14: 44-7).
authors.affiliation: Institute of Orthopaedics "Carlos E. Ottolenghi", Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires Argentina.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buttaro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Robledo Dobladez
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Piccaluga