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Clavicular non-union as an undiagnosed cause of progressive limb-threatening upper extremity ischemia
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Affiliations- Kliniczny Oddział Chirurgii Naczyniowej, Szpital Uniwersytecki w Zielonej Górze, ul. Zyty 26, 65-046 Zielona Góra, Poland
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Abstract
A rare case of progressive upper limb-threatening ischemia is presented. The ischemia was caused by the
chronic embolization from the axillary artery that was compressed by the clavicular pseudoarthrosis due to
the remote in time fracture
Abstract
A rare case of progressive upper limb-threatening ischemia is presented. The ischemia was caused by the
chronic embolization from the axillary artery that was compressed by the clavicular pseudoarthrosis due to
the remote in time fracture
Keywords
clavicular pseudoarthrosis, upper limb ischemia, arterio-arterial embolism
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Clavicular non-union as an undiagnosed cause of progressive limb-threatening upper extremity ischemia
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Article type
Case report
Pages
144-146
Published online
2021-01-17
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Acta Angiologica 2020;26(4):144-146.
Keywords
clavicular pseudoarthrosis
upper limb ischemia
arterio-arterial embolism
Authors
Łukasz Dzieciuchowicz
Arkadiusz Krzemiński
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