Delayed deep wound sepsis five years after hip-nailing: A case report

Quinn, T.P.; Slager, R.F.

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 1981(158): 117-119

1981


ISSN/ISBN: 0009-921X
PMID: 7273508
Document Number: 175639
A 66-year-old man developed infection in the lower margins of Hunter's canal five years after operation for an intracapsular hip fracture. The infection readily responded to removal of the foreign body, debridement of the abscess, and treatment with appropriate antibiotics. The sinogram was valuable in delineating the path and source of the infectious process.

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