Homograft patch repair in carotid artery rupture.
The case of a 24-year-old man with a rupture of the left common carotid artery and history of intravenous drug abuse is presented. Due to absence of a suitable autologous vein segment the carotid bulb was repaired with a human allograftpatch.
Teebken
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Departement of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. Teebken.Omke@MH-Hannover.de
Pichlmaier
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Leinung
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Lenarz
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Haverich
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D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001158:Arteries / Q000637:transplantation*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color