Fernandes, PXMedeiros, DMTeixeira, RCNunes, AMSeco, ASCaetano, AC2020-06-212020-06-212020J Orthop Case Rep . 2020;9(6):27-31http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/32670Proximal femoral fractures represent a health problem of global proportions. Iatrogenic vascular lesion in the treatment of these fractures is an unusual potentially lethal complication, reported in only 0.2% of trochanteric fractures treated with intramedullary implants. Superior gluteal artery injury is extremely rare, with only two cases reported in literature.engFixação Intramedular de FraturasFraturas da AncaFraturas de StressFracture Fixation, IntramedullaryHip FracturesFractures, Stressjournal article10.13107/jocr.2019.v09.i06.1574