A case of elbow hyperextension leading to complete brachial artery rupture

BMC Emergency Medicine Deva S Jeyaretna., et al. – 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...Conclusion: We advocate prompt clinical assessment by orthopaedic and vascular teams and early surgical exploration and repair Read article: http://www.mdlinx.com/OrthoLinx/xml-article.cfm/1798725.

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