Abstract

1. Abstract
We report a case of an 82-year-old woman admitted in our department with a diagnosis of pertrochanteric fracture of the left femur and Colles fracture of the left wrist. The patient was carrier of an intrathecal pump with silicone catheter implanted 1 year before, for chronic back pain caused by intervertebral disc herniation D7-D8. After the surgery for reduction and fixation of the femur fracture and the Colles fracture, the patient complained of intense lower limbs pain, right lower limb plegia and a severe left lower limb paresis.