title: Risk of continuing planned surgery after endovascular repair of subclavian artery injury: a case report.
abstract: Endovascular repair with covered stents has been widely used to treat subclavian and axillary artery injuries and has produced promising early results. The possibility of a thromboembolism occurring in cerebral arteries during an endovascular procedure should be a cause for concern. In the case of endovascular management of arterial traumas, a prompt and sufficient period for check-up of the patient's neurological signs is needed, even if it requires postponing elective intervention for the patient's safety. We report a rare case of liver transplantation immediately after endovascular repair of an iatrogenic subclavian arterial injury to describe the risk of continuing planned surgery without neurologic assessment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: O-Sun
authors.initials: OS
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea. ; Biomedical Research Institute, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyeon Jeong
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Won-Sung
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Jung-Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun-Jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Cho
keywords: Artery injury; Cerebral infarction; Endovascular procedure; Liver transplantation