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Endovascular management of an axillary arterial injury post shoulder dislocation
Author(s) -
Reid David,
Chue WaiLeng
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2009.01235.x
Subject(s) - medicine , axillary artery , surgery , axillary vein , brachial plexus injury , avulsion , brachial artery , complication , artery , brachial plexus , radiology , thrombosis , blood pressure
Axillary arterial injury is a rare complication of non‐recurrent glenohumeral joint dislocation. Previously this type of injury would have required open exploration of the axillary artery with associated risk of iatrogenic injury to the axillary vein or brachial plexus. We present the case of a 75‐year‐old lady, who following a fall in her own home, sustained a dislocation of her right shoulder joint complicated by avulsion of a branch of her axillary artery. We describe the successful endovascular management of the injury using a self‐expanding stent and propose this as the preferred surgical option where the artery is not completely transected.