TY - JOUR
T1 - Femur fracture with limb shortening causing occlusion of a polytetrafluoroethylene femoral popliteal graft
AU - Ellenhorn, Joshua I.
AU - Fowl, Richard J.
AU - Akers, Donald L.
AU - Kempczinski, Richard F.
PY - 1990/11
Y1 - 1990/11
N2 - Traumatic occlusion of lower extremity polytetrafluoroethylene arterial grafts is exceedingly rare. We report a patient who suffered a supracondylar femur fracture resulting in shortening of her right lower extremity with kinking and thrombosis of her above-knee polytetrafluoroethylene arterial graft. This is the first report in the English language of prosthetic graft occlusion as a result of traumatic limb shortening. The graft thrombus was successfully lysed by use of intraarterial urokinase, and the kink was repaired by graft resection and reanastamosis. The mechanism of injury and treatment are discussed.
AB - Traumatic occlusion of lower extremity polytetrafluoroethylene arterial grafts is exceedingly rare. We report a patient who suffered a supracondylar femur fracture resulting in shortening of her right lower extremity with kinking and thrombosis of her above-knee polytetrafluoroethylene arterial graft. This is the first report in the English language of prosthetic graft occlusion as a result of traumatic limb shortening. The graft thrombus was successfully lysed by use of intraarterial urokinase, and the kink was repaired by graft resection and reanastamosis. The mechanism of injury and treatment are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/0741-5214(90)90010-8
DO - 10.1016/0741-5214(90)90010-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 2231967
AN - SCOPUS:0025205242
SN - 0741-5214
VL - 12
SP - 558
EP - 560
JO - Journal of vascular surgery
JF - Journal of vascular surgery
IS - 5
ER -