Venous graft repair following brachial artery thrombosis in a neonate.
A case of venous graft repair to recover blood flow of a newborn's upper extremity, is described. Even though this complication remains uncommon, we emphasize on to avoid brachial artery for vascular monitorization and to perform microsurgical revision as elective procedure if conservative therapy is unsuccessful.
Lopez-Gutierrez
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JC
Department of Pediatric Surgery, La Paz Children's Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Lovic
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Ros
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Garcia-Guereta
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Perez
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D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply*; D001916:Brachial Artery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008866:Microsurgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000601:surgery*