Late Brachial Artery Thrombosis after Supracondylar Humeral Fracture at 5 Years Old Boy
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.12974/2313-0954.2015.02.01.3Keywords:
Supracondylar humerus fractures, children, vascular complications, brachial artery thrombosis.Abstract
Supracondylar fractures in children is a well known problem, but late neuro-vascular complications related to the fractures of the distal part of the humerus in children are rare. There has been presented the case of a patient after a supracondylar fracture with slow brachial artery thrombosis.
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