title: Handlebar injury to femoral vein: case report and review.
abstract: Handlebar injury varies from minor trauma to life-threatening visceral and vascular damage resulting in a significant morbidity among children. Femoral vein injuries secondary to handlebar trauma are rare but potentially serious. Venous continuity should be restored and several techniques for repair of femoral injuries have been described. We reported a case of femoral vein injury secondary to handlebar trauma in a child and we described techniques used for its repair.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Department, University Hospitals of Leicester, UK. hassouna@doctors.org.uk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hassouna
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dennis
mesh_terms: D001642:Bicycling; D002648:Child; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*