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Pin-site myiasis is an underreported complication of surgical interventions. We present a case of myiasis caused by the New World screwworm fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax) in a pin site of a chronic nonhealed wound 12 years after the intervention. This infection apparently was the result of poor perfusion of the leg.
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June 2008
Traumatology Service, Hospital Dr. Rafael Medina Jiménez, Pariata, Vargas, Caracas, Venezuela.
Background: Pin-site myiasis is a rare complication of external fixation of open fractures of the tibia.
Methods: Case report and literature review.
Results: A 32 year-old man with a history of alcohol and drug abuse presented with an open fracture of the middle third of the fibula and tibia (Gustilo type IIIA) after a motor vehicle crash.
Spinal Cord
November 2005
Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0338, USA.
Study Design: Case report.
Objective: To report a rare complication following halo placement for cervical fracture.
Setting: United States University Teaching Hospital.
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