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(A) Initial clinical image of the patient showing volume increase in the upper thigh; (B) radiographic image of the pelvis on admission to hospital.
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Thigh puncture, with a large quantity of blood freed under pressure.
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Intraoperative image showing the tip of the screw that perforated the articular cartilage and injured the femoral artery, and also shows the formation of pseudoaneurysm.
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The screw was removed and the vascular lesion was repaired, with satisfactory results and without complications (Fig. 3).
(A) Clinical aspect of the patient after six weeks, showing normal abduction; (B) hip flexion with a positive Drehmann's sign.
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The patient returned to the outpatient clinic several times; after six weeks, he was capable of normal and painless gait, and presented normal peripheral pulses (Fig. 4, Fig. 5).