Vascular injuries caused by orthopaedic screws: A case report

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 230-233

  Safar, Hussein A ^a   Farid, Emad ^a   Nakhi, Hozaifah ^a   Asfar, Sami ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Iatrogenic ischaemia; Limb ischaemia; Orthopedic screws; Pseudoaneurysm

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTERY BYPASS; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; AXILLARY ARTERY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EMBOLISM; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMOROPOPLITEAL BYPASS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; LIMB ISCHEMIA; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; POPLITEAL ARTERY; POPLITEAL VEIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PULSE RATE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN LIGATION;

ADULT; ARM; AXILLARY ARTERY; BONE SCREWS; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POPLITEAL ARTERY;

EID: 3042685423     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078321     Document Type: Article

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