Posttraumatic pseudoaneurysm of the brachial artery and postsurgical retraction of median nerve: Description of a case and ultrasonography findings

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 269-272

  Pelaz Esteban, Marta ^a   Beltrán De Otálora, Sara ^b   Landeras, Rosa M ^a   Gallardo, Elena ^a   Fernández Echevarría, María Antonia ^a   Pérez Aguilar, Dolores ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brachial artery; Median nerve; Penetrating wound; Postoperative complications; Pseudoaneurysm; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELBOW FLEXION; EMERGENCY WARD; EXCISION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MENTAL PATIENT; NERVE PARALYSIS; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SURGICAL DRAINAGE;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, FALSE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CICATRIX; DRAINAGE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDIAN NEUROPATHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33846826750     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-006-0549-x     Document Type: Article

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