Folia Medica 63(4): 595-600, doi: 10.3897/folmed.63.e55771
Closed posterolateral elbow dislocation without fracture leading to complete brachial artery rupture
Athanasios N. Ververidis‡, Ioannis E. Kougioumtzis‡, Christos Chatzipapas‡, Christos Argyriou‡, Stylianos Tottas‡, Konstantinos Tilkeridis‡, George S. Georgiadis‡‡ University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupoli, Greece
Corresponding author: Ioannis E. Kougioumtzis ( siritea@yahoo.gr ) © Athanasios N. Ververidis, Ioannis E. Kougioumtzis, Christos Chatzipapas, Christos Argyriou, Stylianos Tottas, Konstantinos Tilkeridis, George S. Georgiadis. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Ververidis AN, Kougioumtzis IE, Chatzipapas C, Argyriou C, Tottas S, Tilkeridis K, Georgiadis GS (2021) Closed posterolateral elbow dislocation without fracture leading to complete brachial artery rupture. Folia Medica 63(4): 595-600. https://doi.org/10.3897/folmed.63.e55771 |  |
Abstract
Traumatic vascular injury of the brachial artery by closed posterolateral complete elbow dislocation, without fracture is an unusual injury. Based on clinical and radiological evidence, emergency treatment is necessary.
We present a case of complete brachial artery rupture, with a clot resulting from a closed posterolateral elbow dislocation, without fracture. We report the early assessment and operative treatment.
A brachial artery injury due to a closed elbow dislocation, without fracture is uncommon. The diagnosis poses a dilemma and the operation is a challenge. It is addressed by Orthopaedic and Vascular team.
Keywords
brachial vascular injury, closed elbow dislocation, without fracture elbow