Citation

Digby J, Sutterfield WC, Floresguerra C, Evans JR. South. Med. J. 2000; 93(11): 1120-1121.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City 37614-0575, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Southern Medical Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11095568

Abstract

Blunt trauma to the external iliac or common femoral artery is relatively rare. Since its original description as the "motor-scooter handlebar syndrome," this type of injury has been hypothesized as resulting from compression of the artery by the inguinal ligament. We report a case of mirror-image arterial injuries from blunt trauma. At operation, each distal external iliac and proximal common femoral artery was found to have large intimal flaps. Resection of the injured segments with bilateral saphenous vein interposition grafts led to a successful outcome.

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