title: Homograft patch repair in carotid artery rupture.
abstract: 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.
authors: Departement of Cardiac, Thoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany. Teebken.Omke@MH-Hannover.de
authors: O E
authors: OE
authors: Teebken
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Pichlmaier
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Leinung
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Lenarz
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Haverich
mesh_terms: 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