Traumatic Occlusion of Common Femoral Artery Secondary to Motorcycle Handlebar Injury
Abstract
Background: Motorcycle accidents are very common in Thailand, especially in the rural area . Injury ofcommon femoral artery secondary to motorcycle handlebar is rare. We reported such case in our experience.
Method: A case of traumatic occlusion of common femoral artery secondary to motorcycle handlebar
injury was reported. The mechanism of such injury was reviewed from the literature.
Result: A 40-year-old man was referred from a district hospital with the symptom of intermittent
claudication of right leg for 2 months following mortorcycle accident. Computerized angiogram (CTA)
revealed total occlusion of right common femoral artery. He was taken to surgery for revascularization.
Conclusion: The characteristic mode of injury combined with physical findings should give early
diagnosis with subsequent radiographic studies. Surgical revascularization can give good results.
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syndrome: blunt traumatic injury of the femoral artery. J
Trauma 1996;40:1017-20.
2. Rich NM, Hobson RW, Fedde CW, Collins GJ. Acute common
femoral arterial trauma. J Trauma 1975;15:628-37.
3. Stanton PE, Brown R, Rosenthal D, Clark M, Lamis PA. External
iliac artery occlusion by bicycle handlebar injury. J Cardiovasc
Surg 1986;27:728-30.
4. Kioumehr F, Yaghmai I, Bakody P. Delayed common femoral
artery stenosis due to blunt trauma. J Can Assoc Radiol 1989;
40:324-5.
5. Roth JW, Boyd CR. Recreational bicycle and injury to the
external iliac artery. Am Surg 1999;65:460-3.
6. Sarfati MR, Galt SW, Treiman GS, Kraiss LW. Common femoral
artery injury secondary to bicycle handlebar trauma . Vasc
Surg 2002;35:589-91.
7. Paling AJ, Viersma JH. Blunt trauma to the common femoral
artery. J Pedia Surg 1999;34:1557-8.
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2009-06-30
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Waikittipong S. Traumatic Occlusion of Common Femoral Artery Secondary to Motorcycle Handlebar Injury. Thai J Surg [Internet]. 2009 Jun. 30 [cited 2024 Jul. 18];30(1-2). Available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/ThaiJSurg/article/view/227743
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