• Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb · Nov 2000

    Case Reports

    [Arterial complications caused by using an axillary crutch].

    • K Tiesenhausen, W Amann, G Koch, M Kern, and R Scholz.
    • Klinische Abteilung für Gefässchirurgie, Universitätsklinik Graz.
    • Z Orthop Ihre Grenzgeb. 2000 Nov 1;138(6):544-6.

    BackgroundOf all upper extremity emboli, up to twenty percent arise from an arterial, not a cardiac source.MethodWe report about a patient with recurrent embolism, caused by an axillary crutch-induced aneurysm of the axillary artery.ResultAfter revascularisation by embolectomy and axillo-brachial vein graft bypass, the patient was free of symptoms.ConclusionAngiography and duplex scanning were necessary for the correct diagnosis.

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