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Creating Radio-cephalic Arteriovenous Fistula in the Forearm with a Modified No-Touch Technique
Published on: April 1, 2022
Iatrogenic arteriovenous fistula of the superficial temporal artery
Grzegorz Miekisiak1, Maciej Mis, Adam Sandler
1Department of Neurosurgery, Sokolowski Hospital, Walbrzych, Poland. gmiekisiak@gmail.com
Introduction:
The temporal artery courses superficially over the temporal bone and thus can be vulnerable to trauma. Although traumatic lacerations of this vessel are indeed common, trauma-induced arteriovenous fistulae involving the temporal artery are relatively rare. Arteriovenous fistulae caused by iatrogenic injury to the temporal artery are rarer still.
Discussion And Conclusion:
We report a case of an ateriovenous fistula involving the superficial temporal artery which developed after surgical repair of trauma to the vessel following a blunt head injury. Ultimately, the lesion was successfully treated with complete excision.
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