Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 551.e5-551.e8, May 2010

Novel Endovascular Techniques for Repair of Traumatic Bilateral Axillary Artery Disruption with Long-Term Follow-Up

Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center affiliate of Weill Cornell Medical College and New York Medical College, Bronx, NY

published online 04 February 2010.

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.

 

PII: S0890-5096(09)00329-X

doi:10.1016/j.avsg.2009.08.017

Annals of Vascular Surgery
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 551.e5-551.e8, May 2010