Migration of a broken trochanteric wire to the popliteal fossa
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Daoud Y. Makki; Poornanand Goru; Charles H. Aldam; Varadarajan Prakash
- Source
- The Journal of arthroplasty. 26(3)
- Subject
- musculoskeletal diseases
Male
Reoperation
medicine.medical_specialty
Knee Joint
Popliteal fossa
Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip
Hip region
Foreign-Body Migration
Fracture fixation
medicine
Humans
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Femur
Aged
Hip surgery
business.industry
Arthralgia
Surgery
Osteotomy
Trochanteric osteotomy
medicine.anatomical_structure
Orthopedic surgery
business
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Knee discomfort
Bone Wires
- Language
- ISSN
- 1532-8406
Wires used in fracture fixation or elective procedures can migrate within the body, and some lethal complications have been reported in the literature. We report a case of knee discomfort caused by a broken cerclage wire that has migrated from the hip region to the popliteal fossa after trochanteric osteotomy used in revision hip surgery. The authors point to the potential risks of broken orthopedic hardware.