A case of acetabular fracture with hip tamponade Relief from aspiration of hemarthrosis

Abstract

Traumatic hip hemarthrosis causing tamponade may compromise the circulation to the femoral head (Strömqvist et al. 1985). This mechanism was suggested to be responsible for femoral head necrosis in a patient with an undislocated acetabular fracture (Bauer 1985). We report a case of hemarthrosis of the hip after a trivial trauma that caused a posterior wall fracture of the acetabulum.