title: [Arterial complications caused by using an axillary crutch].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Of all upper extremity emboli, up to twenty percent arise from an arterial, not a cardiac source.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report about a patient with recurrent embolism, caused by an axillary crutch-induced aneurysm of the axillary artery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After revascularisation by embolectomy and axillo-brachial vein graft bypass, the patient was free of symptoms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Angiography and duplex scanning were necessary for the correct diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Klinische Abteilung für Gefässchirurgie, Universitätsklinik Graz.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tiesenhausen
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Amann
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kern
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scholz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000674:Amputees; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000792:Angiography; D001132:Arm / Q000098:blood supply; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D003446:Crutches / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004617:Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011312:Pressure; D012008:Recurrence; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
vernacular_title: Arterielle Komplikation durch Verwendung einer Achselstützkrücke.