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Colon injury by Kirschner wire
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Abstract
Colon injury resulting from the implantation of a Kirschner wire during total hip joint replacement surgery is a rare complication. In the case presented here, Kirschner wires migrated from the side of acetabular dome to the ascending colon thirteen years following orthopedic surgery. For a long time, no abdominal symptoms of the colon injury had been discernible, which then led to chronic anemia and, ultimately, symptoms of sepsis.
Abstract
Colon injury resulting from the implantation of a Kirschner wire during total hip joint replacement surgery is a rare complication. In the case presented here, Kirschner wires migrated from the side of acetabular dome to the ascending colon thirteen years following orthopedic surgery. For a long time, no abdominal symptoms of the colon injury had been discernible, which then led to chronic anemia and, ultimately, symptoms of sepsis.
Keywords
Kirschner wire, large bowel perforation, hip alloplasty
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Colon injury by Kirschner wire
Journal
Chirurgia Polska (Polish Surgery)
Issue
Pages
72-75
Published online
2014-01-08
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DOI
10.5603/chp.36795
Bibliographic record
Chirurgia Polska 2013;15(1):72-75.
Keywords
Kirschner wire
large bowel perforation
hip alloplasty
Authors
Marek Drążkiewicz
Dariusz Mościcki
Bartłomiej Marcin Główka
Paweł Sułowski
Tomasz Wawrzyniak
