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Surgical management of a delayed post‐traumatic saccular aneurysm of the radial artery |
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| Authors: | Byron Chalidis Dimitrios Kitridis Maria Tirta Nikiforos Galanis Panagiotis Givissis |
| Institution: | 1. 1st Orthopaedic Department, George Papanikolaou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Greece |
| Abstract: | Post‐traumatic aneurysm of the radial artery is a rare and often misdiagnosed vascular lesion of the wrist. Radial artery ligation can lead to excellent results if Allen test confirmed that ulnar artery is the dominant feeding artery to the hand. |
| Keywords: | allen test aneurysm artery ligation radial artery ulnar artery |