Extracción de proyectil acetabular por artroscopía de cadera

Abstract

Arthroscopic removal of a bullet from the hip joint was introduced first by Cory et al. in 1998. The missile can be located freely floating within the joint, located close to the joint, or lodged within the acetabulum bone or the femoral head. A case is presented in a thirty-two-year-old patient, who was assaulted. The projectile lodged in the background of acetabula fossa after an abdominal trajectory.

Hip arthroscopy is a minimally invasive procedure that was effective for the removal of a joint projectile resulting in less morbidity than an arthrotomy. No complications were found.