Ultrasound-Guided Suction Technique for Trauma-Related Large Consolidated Buttock Hematoma: A Case Report

JBJS Case Connect. 2019 Dec;9(4):e0199. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.19.00199.

Abstract

Case: Occasionally, a large, deep, consolidated hematoma is hard to evacuate without an incision, yet there are concerns about possible complications of surgical removal. We present a case of a 21-year-old military recruit with a large submuscular buttock hematoma that was successfully treated with an ultrasound-guided suction technique under local anesthesia using only a stab incision.

Conclusions: The ultrasound-guided suction technique for a large hematoma was safe and effective in this patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Buttocks / blood supply*
  • Buttocks / surgery
  • Hematoma / etiology
  • Hematoma / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Suction / methods*
  • Ultrasonography, Interventional / methods*
  • Wounds and Injuries / complications*
  • Young Adult