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Figure 2 | Patient Safety in Surgery

Figure 2

From: Incidence and pattern of technical complications in balloon-guided osteoplasty for depressed tibial plateau fractures: a pilot study in 20 consecutive patients

Figure 2

Intraoperative burst balloon with leakage of the radiographic contrast dye into the knee joint. This complication is easily resolved by a wash-out with 100-200 cc of sterile saline through the Jamshidi trocar. The bottom panels demonstrate the “bail-out” strategy for the irreducible articular fragment by conversion to the use of a conventional bone tamp and structured bone grafting.

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