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Midshaft Clavicle Fracture With Acute Vascular Injury and Complete Brachial Plexus Palsy: A Case Report Type of Study.
JBJS Case Connect
January 2025
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Albany Medical Center, Albany, New York.
Case: We present the case of a 24-year-old woman who sustained a left midshaft clavicle fracture with acute subclavian artery compression, subclavian vein laceration, and complete brachial plexus palsy after a motor vehicle collision. The patient underwent urgent open reduction internal fixation of the clavicle and repair of the subclavian vein. Two years later, she underwent opponensplasty and flexor digitorum profundus tendon transfers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Acute airway obstruction from a retropharyngeal hemorrhage].
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February 2025
Emergency Department, Landspitali - The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
A case is reported of a man in his 70s that presented to the emergency department due to difficulty swallowing after a fall. He was found to have a large retropharyngeal hematoma, which led to complete airway obstruction about an hour after the injury. As oral endotracheal intubation was impossible due to the bleeding, an emergency cricothyrotomy was performed in an ambulance by an emergency medicine trainee.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFUnlikely Double Trouble: Two Cases of Haemobilia From One Motor Vehicle Accident.
Cureus
December 2024
Department of Colorectal Surgery, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, AUS.
Blunt abdominal trauma frequently results in visceral injury to either solid or hollow organs; however, injury to the gallbladder is rare. This is most likely due to the anatomical position of the gallbladder, which is well-insulated posterior to the liver and rib cage. Gallbladder injuries can be in the form of avulsion, contusion, or laceration.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIndocyanine green fluorescence-guided laparoscopic central pancreatectomy for complete pancreatic transection trauma: a rare case and literature review.
Front Surg
January 2025
Department of Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Surgery, Hunan Provincial People's Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan Normal University), Changsha, Hunan, China.
Background: Pancreatic trauma is a rare solid organ injury. Conservative treatment is often indicated in patients with no pancreatic duct injury, while patients with high-grade pancreatic damage most often require surgical intervention. Laparoscopic central pancreatectomy (LCP) is a parenchyma-sparing approach and can prevent endocrine and exocrine insufficiency after pancreatic resection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAn Uncommon Fracture: A Case Report of a Scapular Fracture in a Young Patient.
Cureus
December 2024
Medical Research, Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Guatemala, GTM.
Scapular fractures are rare, typically resulting from high-energy trauma. These injuries frequently present alongside other thoracic or shoulder injuries. Patients often exhibit posterior shoulder pain, swelling, and limited range of motion, which can suggest a variety of shoulder pathologies.
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