Case Report

Orthopedic screw penetration into the bladder following femoral neck internal fixation: a case report

Abstract

Although the presence of intravesical foreign body is not a rare finding, orthopedic screw penetration into the urinary bladder as a complication of the  internal  fixation  of  femoral  neck  fractures  is  extremely  rare.  We describe an 83-year-old man experiencing spontaneous penetration of a cannulated screw into the urinary bladder neck, 16 years after the internal fixation surgery for his femoral neck fracture.

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Keywords
Intravesical foreign body Orthopedic screws Internal fixation
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Gooran S, Guitynavard F, Fakhr-Yasseri A, Dehghaniathar R. Orthopedic screw penetration into the bladder following femoral neck internal fixation: a case report. CRCP. 2016;1(2):31-33.