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CC BY 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2024; 59(S 02): e238-e242
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1770968
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A Very Rare Presentation of Open Dislocation of the Elbow in a Child: A Case of Total Section of Brachial Artery and Present Distal Pulse with Literature Review

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Cherrabi Hind 
1   Departamento de Cirurgia Pediátrica, Faculdade de Medicina e Farmácia de Agadir, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Marrocos
,
Abdelkarim Kharroubib
2   Departamento de Cirurgia Vascular, Faculdade de Medicina e Farmácia de Agadir, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Marrocos
,
Mohamed Amine Oukhouyab
2   Departamento de Cirurgia Vascular, Faculdade de Medicina e Farmácia de Agadir, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Marrocos
,
Fatima Smahia
2   Departamento de Cirurgia Vascular, Faculdade de Medicina e Farmácia de Agadir, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Marrocos
,
Badr Elkassimi
2   Departamento de Cirurgia Vascular, Faculdade de Medicina e Farmácia de Agadir, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Marrocos
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Abstract

Open elbow dislocation is a rare emergency in children. Its association with brachial artery injury is very rare. We report the case of a child admitted for total section of the brachial artery on open dislocation of the elbow before absence of signs of ischemia of the upper limb concerned as well as a review of the literature which is very poor.

Keywords

brachial artery - child - elbow - range of motion, articular - pulse

Work carried out at the Department of Pediatric Surgery of the Agadir University Hospital, Morocco.




Publication History

Received: 26 February 2022

Accepted: 07 February 2023

Article published online:
27 December 2024

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