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Background. K-wires are thought to be extremely safe implants and complications as a result of direct insertion or migration are very rare. Complications may be life-threatening in some instances where migration results in injury to vital organs. We report one such case where antegrade migration of K-wire from the hip resulted in injury to external iliac artery and formation of external iliac artery-appendicular fistula. No such complication due to migration has ever been reported in the literature. Case Description. A 15-year-old boy presented with lower abdominal pain, right lower limb swelling and pain, inability to walk, and rectal bleeding for 1 month after 2 K-wires had been inserted in his right hip joint for treatment of slipped capital femoral epiphysis the previous year. On investigation, he was diagnosed to have external iliac artery-appendicular fistula for which he was surgically treated. Clinical Relevance. Antegrade migration of K-wire from hip joint may lead to life-threatening injuries which can be minimized by bending the end of the K-wire, keeping the tip protruding outside the skin wherever possible and by early removal of K-wire once its purpose has been achieved.

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Open fractures of the pelvis are rare and potentially lethal injuries with mortality rate ranging from 30 % to 50 %. Subcutaneous surgical emphysema over the pelvis in open pelvis fracture has been reported in literature but generalized surgical emphysema in open pelvis fracture has not been reported previously. We present and discuss here a case of 24 years old man who had sustained Road traffi c accident resulting in multiple fractures and developed generalized surgical emphysema.