Abstract:A case of post-traumatic proximal peroneal artery pseudoaneurysm following a proximal tibial shaft fracture, complicated by acute compartment syndrome, fixed using an external fixator, in a 22-year-old female is presented. She was investigated for sudden-onset bleeding from the external fixator pin site, 6 weeks after the initial injury, was anaemic and diagnosed with a pseudoaneurysm at lower limb angiography. Contrast leak from the site of pseudoaneurysm was noted and open surgery with ligation of the pseudo… Show more
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