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ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2022

Ligation of injured subclavian vessels saved a young life: a case report.

Sharfuddin Chowdhury, Abdallah Alferdaus

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Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Sharfuddin ChowdhuryDepartment of Trauma, King Saud Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Abdallah AlferdausDepartment of Surgery, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Abstract

We describe a rare life-saving case of penetrating subclavian vessel injury that was managed successfully at King Saud Medical City, a major trauma center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The patient was a healthy 21-year-old Saudi male who was presented initially at Al-Aflaj Hospital, 300 km away from King Saud Medical City, following a stab with a knife to the left side of his lower neck. He was transferred to King Saud Medical City for definitive surgical management after having temporary bleeding control at Al-Aflaj Hospital. The patient was successfully managed with a median sternotomy, left supraclavicular extension, and clavicular division. Hemostasis was achieved by ligating the injured subclavian vessels in a situation of extremes to save a life. His postoperative course was uneventful. He was discharged on the eleventh postoperative day with an intact neurovascular condition of the left upper limb.

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Wounds, PenetratingAdultClavicleHumansLigationMaleSternotomySubclavian ArteryTrauma CentersYoung Adultcase reportmediastinumStab woundsubclavian arteryupper extremity

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PMID36034017
PMCPMC9391998

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