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Blunt traumatic celiac artery avulsion managed with celiac artery ligation and open aorto-celiac bypass
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  • Matthew Kronick, MD, Baystate Health
  • Andrew Doben, Baystate Health
  • Marvin Morris, MD, Baystate Health
  • Ronald Gross, Baystate Health
  • Amanda Kravetz, MD, baystate
Document Type
Article, Peer-reviewed
Publication Date
10-1-2017
Abstract

Traumatic celiac artery injuries are rare and highly lethal with reported mortality rates of 38-62%. The vast majority are caused by penetrating trauma with only 11 reported cases due to blunt trauma (Graham et al., 1978; Asensio et al., 2000, 2002). Only 3 of these cases were complete celiac artery avulsions. Management options described depend upon the type of injury and have included medical therapy with anti-platelet agents or anti-coagulants, endovascular stenting, and open ligation. We report a case of a survivor of complete celiac artery avulsion from blunt trauma managed by open bypass.

PMID
29644269
Citation Information
Kronick MD, Doben AR, Morris ME, Gross RI, Kravetz A, Nahmias JT. Blunt traumatic celiac artery avulsion managed with celiac artery ligation and open aorto-celiac bypass. Trauma Case Rep. 2017 Oct 31;11:8-12.