Arterio-venous fistula formation after hand replantation.
Replantation of a completely severed finger, hand or arm is now performed with wide success. We now report an extremely rare complication of this replantation, an arterio-venous (A-V) shunt formation. Pathogenesis of the new A-V fistula formation is discussed.
D000673:Amputation, Traumatic / Q000601:surgery; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012092:Replantation / Q000009:adverse effects*