A Very Rare and Serious Complication of Pediatric Supracondylar Humerus Fracture Reduction: Pulseless Upper Extremity and Surgical Treatment
Abstract
In pediatric cases with supracondylar humerus fractures, one of the serious complications that may occur after closed reduction is vascular injuries. Since it can cause serious complications like extremity loss, is an important issue to be considered. There are different opinions in terms of conservative and surgical approach in the event of a pulse failure after reduction. It should be kept in mind that if there are conditions requiring surgical intervention such as coldness, paleness and pulse failure in the extremity, the repair of the damaged vessel segment may be insufficient and it may be necessary to change the entire damaged vessel segment to eliminate endothelial damage caused by traction. In this case report, a surgical approach to iatrogenic brachial artery injury is presented in a 5 years old child who has no radial and ulnar pulse after supracondylar humerus fracture.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Clinical Sciences
Journal Section
Case Report
Authors
Hakan Kartal
This is me
0000-0003-4539-0228
Türkiye
Hüseyin Sicim
*
0000-0003-3430-3862
Türkiye
Salih Güler
This is me
0000-0002-6180-901X
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 30, 2019
Submission Date
April 17, 2019
Acceptance Date
November 4, 2019
Published in Issue
Year 2019 Volume: 21 Number: 3
