Traumatic brachial arteriovenous fistula
Acquired arteriovenous fistula (AVF) are rare in the pediatric population. We report a 15-year-old boy who sustained a ballistic ball (BB) gun pellet injury to the left forearm leading to formation of a traumatic branchio-brachial AVF. He underwent successful open repair of his fistula using a vein...
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2019-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Acquired arteriovenous fistula (AVF) are rare in the pediatric population. We report a 15-year-old boy who sustained a ballistic ball (BB) gun pellet injury to the left forearm leading to formation of a traumatic branchio-brachial AVF. He underwent successful open repair of his fistula using a vein patch graft. We share our management of this rare case and review management of pediatric arteriovenous fistulas. Keywords: Arteriovenous fistula, Traumatic, Pediatric, Acquired |
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| Item Description: | 2213-5766 10.1016/j.epsc.2019.101286 |