Revascularization of an arm for incipient gangrene after Blalock-Taussig anastomosis.
A case is reported of incipient gangrene of the right arm developing after a Blalock-Taussig (subclavian-pulmonary) shunt operation in an infant. The ischaemia was reversed by immediate common carotid-axillary artery-vein bypass, using a microvascular technique.
D001132:Arm; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005734:Gangrene / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008722:Methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D014185:Transplantation, Isogeneic