Hypothenar hammer syndrome: Distal ulnar artery reconstruction with autologous descending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery

Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-27

  Temming, Johannes F M ^a   Van Uchelen, Jeroen H ^a   Tellier, Michiel A ^a  

^a Isala Klinieken   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

arterial autograft; descending branch of the lateral circumflex femoral artery; hypothenar hammer syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; FEMORAL ARTERY; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HAND; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SMOKING; SYNDROME; THROMBOSIS; ULNAR ARTERY; VASCULAR PATENCY; VASCULARIZATION;

CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMORAL ARTERY; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HAND; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SMOKING; SYNDROME; THROMBOSIS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; ULNAR ARTERY; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 79952566117     PISSN: 10893393     EISSN: 15316572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BTH.0b013e3181e9ef30     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. Von Rosen S. Ein Fall von Thrombose in der Arteria ulnaris nach Einwirkung von stumpfer Gewalt. Acta Chir Scand. 1934;73:500-506.
2. Conn J Jr, Bergan JJ, Bell JL. Hypothenar hammer syndrome: Posttraumatic digital ischemia. Surgery. 1970;68:1122-1128.
3. Stone JR. Intimal hyperplasia in the distal ulnar artery: Influence of gender and implications for the hypothenar hammer syndrome. Cardiovascular Pathol. 2004;13:20-25. (Pubitemid 38169462)
4. Vayssairat M, Debure C, Cormier J-M, et al. Hypothenar hammer syndrome: Seventeen cases with long-term follow-up. J Vasc Surg. 1987;5:838-843. (Pubitemid 17121572)
5. Dethmers RSM, Houpt P. Surgical management of hypothenar and thenar hammer syndromes: A retrospective study of 31 instances in 28 patients. J Hand Surg Br. 2005;30:419-423. (Pubitemid 40867787)
6. Cooper GJ, Underwood MJ, Deverall PB. Arterial and venous conduits for coronary artery bypass. A current review. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 1996;10:129-140. (Pubitemid 126690705)
7. Smith HE, Dirks M, Patterson RB. Hypothenar hammer syndrome: Distal ulnar artery reconstruction with autologous inferior epigastric artery. J Vasc Surg. 2004;40:1238-1242. (Pubitemid 40037295)
8. Song YG, Chen GZ, Song YL. The free thigh flap: A new free flap concept based on the septocutaneous artery. Br J Plast Surg. 1984;37:149.
9. Mathes SJ, Nahai F, eds Anterior lateral thigh flap. Reconstructive Surgery, Principles, Anatomy & Technique. Edinburgh, UK: Churchill Livingstone Inc.; 1997:1163-1171.