The tale of two vessels, vascular complications following a breach of the pelvic inner table due to acetabular screws: a report of two cases

Ayob, Khairul Anwar and Merican, Azhar M. and Sulaiman, Shahrul-Hisham and Ramli, Ahmad Rafizi Hariz (2021) The tale of two vessels, vascular complications following a breach of the pelvic inner table due to acetabular screws: a report of two cases. Joint Diseases and Related Surgery, 32 (1). pp. 239-244. ISSN 2687-4784, DOI https://doi.org/10.5606/ehc.2021.77862.

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Abstract

Injuries to the pelvic vasculature during total hip arthroplasties are rare but have serious consequence. They demand urgent and early identification so that appropriate treatment can be instituted. If the bleeding is severe, cardiovascular compromise occurs intraoperatively and this will alert the surgeon of this possibility during acetabular screw placement. Alternatively, a delay in diagnosis can occur because the bleeding and the injured vessel are in the pelvic cavity and not visualized during the surgery. In this article, we report two cases from our center occurring within a six-month interval that sustained a vascular injury during acetabular drilling for screw placement for cementless cup fixation. Each case had a different vessel injury and different lessons can be learned from these rare injuries. The first case had an injury of the inferior gluteal artery following a breach of the sciatic notch. The vessel was treated with percutaneous embolization. The second case demonstrated a venous injury, following a medial protrusio technique for congenital hip dysplasia and a short anterosuperior screw, transecting the external iliac vein. This was subsequently repaired using an endovascular technique. We conclude the reasons for these vessel injuries after analyzing advanced imaging, discuss measures to avoid vessel injury and detail the minimally invasive method for their treatment.

Item Type: Article
Funders: UNSPECIFIED
Uncontrolled Keywords: Case report; Complications; External iliac vein; Inferior gluteal artery; Total hip arthroplasty; Vascular injury
Subjects: R Medicine > RD Surgery
Divisions: Faculty of Medicine > Orthopaedic Surgery Department
Depositing User: Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim
Date Deposited: 18 Apr 2022 01:13
Last Modified: 18 Apr 2022 01:13
URI: http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/26743

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