title: [Diagnosis and therapy of hypothenar hammer syndrome].
abstract: Traumatic injuries of arteries lead to acute bleeding or ischemia. In the hand, which is perfused by two arteries, this symptom could be missed. The hypothenar hammer syndrome is a traumatic occlusion of the distal arteria ulnaris. Dependent on the mechanism of the trauma the clinical symptoms may appear late. A specific angiographic or duplex sonographic diagnostic investigation is necessary to show the arterial occlusion. There is no proven therapeutic procedure. Exact diagnosis of the occlusion as an effect of the trauma is important for the patient and is the basis of any therapeutic intervention.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Angiologie, Universitätsklinikum Essen.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kröger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hinrichs
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rudofsky
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D006225:Hand / Q000098:blood supply*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome; D013933:Thumb / Q000098:blood supply; D017535:Ulnar Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014953:Wrist / Q000098:blood supply
vernacular_title: Diagnostik und Therapie des Hypothenar-Hammer-Syndroms.