Axillary artery laceration after anterior shoulder dislocation reduction

Anterior shoulder dislocation with axillary artery and nerve injury.

We report a rare case of left axillary artery injury associated with anterior dislocation of the left shoulder in a 25 yrs old male as a result of a road traffic accident. The shoulder dislocation was reduced. A left upper limb angiogram showed an obstructed left axillary artery. The obstructed segment was surgically reconstructed with a Dacron graft. Six months post operation in follow up, he ...

Axillary artery transection and bilateral pulmonary embolism after anterior shoulder dislocation: case report

INTRODUCTION Anterior shoulder dislocation can be associated with vascular and neurological complications. However, axillary artery injury associated with shoulder dislocation is rare and extremely rare without bone fracture. An early diagnosis of these complications allows predicting long-term functional outcomes. METHODS This article reports the case of a 66-year-old patient who presented a...

Reduction of anterior dislocation of the shoulder.

Axillary arterial thrombosis secondary to anterior shoulder dislocation.

We report the case of a 59-year-old male patient who returned to the Hospital with severe pain in the right upper arm, 9 hours after reduction of an anterior dislocation of the right shoulder. A thrombosis of the axillary artery was quickly diagnosed and the rapid treatment allowed revascularisation in the arm without any major consequences.

Rupture of the Axillary Artery Complicating Anterior Dislocation of the Shoulder

A woman aged fifty was first seen fourteen hours after injury, having fallen and injured her right shoulder. A few minutes after the injury she had noticed numbness, coldness and inability to move the arm and hand. Examination revealed an anterior dislocation of the shoulder with a large haematoma filling the axilla. The upper limb was cold, blue and pulseless, with complete flaccid paralysis o...