Surgical Repair of a Snuffbox Radial Artery Pseudoaneurysm

Naiem Nassiri, Samuel Kogan, Huong Truong, KJ Nagarsheth, Randy Shafritz and Saum Rahimi

Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, USA

^*Correspondance to: Naiem Nassiri 

 PDF  Full Text DOI: 10.25107/2474-1647.1154

Abstract

A rare case of a snuffbox radial artery pseudoaneurysm treated surgically is presented. Given the broad base, short neck and relatively large size of the pseudoaneurysm sac, compression techniques and intra-sac thrombin injection were deemed inappropriate, as they have been associated with ischemic complications within the sparse literature. Open surgical resection of the pseudoaneurysm with primary end-to-end repair of the radial artery was performed. Technical success was achieved with restoration of flow through the radial artery and the palmar arch with maintained patency and alleviation of symptoms immediately post-operative and at 3-months follow-up.

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Nassiri N, Kogan S, Truong H, Nagarsheth KJ, Shafritz R, Rahimi S. Surgical Repair of a Snuffbox Radial Artery Pseudoaneurysm. Clin Surg. 2016; 1: 1154.