title: [Six years later - long-term follow-up after rare injury in childhood].
abstract: The present case shows the long-term follow-up of a rare injury due to blunt abdominal trauma in childhood. The patient suffered from a traumatic transsection to the A. iliaca communis, which was restored by the combination of a direct suture with a venous autologous patch. A six-year follow-up when the boy was mature with a height of180 cm showed an unremarkable MRI angiography without any sign of stenosis. Due to the limited number of experiences with this rare injury reported in the literature, there is a lack of consensus on the suture technique and use of patches or grafts. The demonstrated technique supplies a possible treatment for this rare injury to infantine arteries.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Unfallchirurgie, UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Rämistr. 100, 8091, Zürich, Schweiz. kaioliver.jensen@usz.ch.
authors.forename: Kai Oliver
authors.initials: KO
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.affiliation: Institut für diagnostische und interventionelle Radiologie, UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Zürich, Schweiz.
authors.forename: Hatem
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Alkadhi
authors.affiliation: Radiologisches Institut, Spital Oberengadin, Samedan, Schweiz.
authors.forename: Carsten
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Siewert
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Unfallchirurgie, UniversitätsSpital Zürich, Rämistr. 100, 8091, Zürich, Schweiz.
authors.forename: Hans Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Simmen
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012421:Rupture; D013536:Suture Techniques; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014680:Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000637:transplantation*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Blunt abdominal trauma; Children; Long-term follow-up; Ruptured arteria iliaca; Stenosis