A case of elbow hyperextension leading to complete brachial artery rupture
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A case of elbow hyperextension leading to complete brachial artery rupture
BACKGROUND To our knowledge there are no cases in the literature of traumatic vascular injury of the brachial artery by elbow hyperextension without elbow dislocation based on either clinical or radiological evidence. CASE PRESENTATION We present the first case of complete brachial artery rupture resulting from a hyperextension injury to an elbow, without dislocation. The history, early asses...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Emergency Surgery
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1749-7922
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7922-2-6