1. Novel Endovascular Techniques for Repair of Traumatic Bilateral Axillary Artery Disruption with Long-Term Follow-Up
- Author
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Rajiv K. Chander, Andrea E. Romano, Ross T. Lyon, Carlos Pelaez, Jayne Lieb, James E. Barone, and Soula Priovolos
- Subjects
Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Time Factors ,Long term follow up ,Wounds, Nonpenetrating ,Construction worker ,Axillary artery ,medicine.artery ,medicine ,Accidents, Occupational ,Humans ,cardiovascular diseases ,business.industry ,Trauma center ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Surgery ,Treatment Outcome ,Facility Design and Construction ,Axillary Artery ,Accidental Falls ,Stents ,Radiology ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Angioplasty, Balloon - Abstract
We describe a case of innovative endovascular techniques to repair traumatic bilateral axillary artery disruption. A 36-year-old male construction worker fell eight stories from a scaffold and sustained bilateral axillary artery injuries. The injuries between the brachial and axillary arteries were bridged using long bare self-expanding stents (Zilver). To the best of our knowledge, this is a novel case report from a level-one trauma center where endovascular techniques were employed to repair bilateral axillary arteries with long-term follow-up.
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- 2010