EJVES Extra
Volume 14, Issue 6 , Pages 57-58, December 2007

Posttraumatic Pseudoaneurysm of the Axillary Artery Successfully Treated with a Stentgraft

  • M.P.J. van der Horst

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Haga Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Dr. M. P. J. van der Horst, Haga Hospital, Surgery, Leyweg 275, 2545 CH Den Haag, The Netherlands.
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  • E.R. Hendriks

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Haga Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
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  • H. van Overhagen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Haga Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands
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  • B. Knippenberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Haga Hospital, The Hague, The Netherlands

Accepted 13 September 2007. published online 16 November 2007.

We present the first case of a posttraumatic pseudoaneurysm of the axillary artery successfully treated with a stentgraft.

A 89-year-old woman with a conservatively treated subcapital humeral fracture developed a pseudoaneurysm of the left axillary artery which was percutaneously successfully treated with a stentgraft. Endovascular repair of a traumatic axillary artery pseudoaneurysm should be considered especially in unfit patients.

Keywords: Axillary artery, Stentgraft, Subcapital humeral fracture

 

PII: S1533-3167(07)00032-5

doi:10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2007.09.002

EJVES Extra
Volume 14, Issue 6 , Pages 57-58, December 2007

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