Clin Case Rep Int | Volume 6, Issue 1 | Case Report | Open Access

Early Screw Migration into the Bladder and Spontaneous Expulsion: A Rare Complication after Internal Fixation of the Pubic Symphysis

Labronici PJ^1,2*, Pereira LF², Cabral GG², Hoffmann R², da Silva LHP² and Giordano V^3,4,5

¹Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil
²Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Donato D'Ângelo Hospital Santa Teresa, Brazil
³IOT, Hospital do Trauma, Brazil
⁴Nova Monteiro Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Miguel Couto Municipal Hospital, Brazil
⁵Rede D’or São Luiz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

^*Correspondance to: Pedro José Labronici 

Abstract

The presence of a foreign body in the bladder is a relatively common finding. However, migration and early spontaneous expulsion of the screw after treatment of the symphysis pubis disjunction is considered rare. We present a report of a 64-year-old man who, after a fall from a height, presented with a disjunction of the pubic symphysis treated with two-plate fixation and presence of screw migration into the bladder and spontaneous expulsion one month after surgery.

Keywords:

Screw; Pelvic fracture; Internal fixation; Bladder foreign body

Citation:

Labronici PJ, Pereira LF, Cabral GG, Hoffmann R, da Silva LHP, Giordano V. Early Screw Migration into the Bladder and Spontaneous Expulsion: A Rare Complication after Internal Fixation of the Pubic Symphysis. Clin Case Rep Int. 2022; 6: 1447.