Rupture of Femoral Artery by External Fixator
- Author:
Gyu Hun KIM
1
;
Young Min WOO
;
Bong Hwa LEE
;
Chang Sig CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Hallym University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Fixator;
Vascular trauma
- MeSH:
Automobiles;
External Fixators;
Femoral Artery;
Femur;
Humans;
Male;
Middle Aged;
Rupture;
Saphenous Vein;
Transplants
- From:Journal of the Korean Society for Vascular Surgery
1997;13(2):237-239
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The authors report a case of superficial femoral arterial trauma caused by external fixator in 53 year-old male patient who had supracondylar fracture of femur due to automobile accident. After removal of external fixator, autogenous bypass graft was perfomed with reversed great saphenous vein. The occlusion of the graft occurred 3 months later, we thought that interposition graft in the chronic inflammatory and fibrotic tissue should be avoided.
