Era. Vanarkel et al., A PROXIMAL HUMERAL FRACTURE, COMPLICATED BY A PSEUDOANEURYSM - A CASE-REPORT, Acta orthopaedica Scandinavica, 69(2), 1998, pp. 194-195
A 76-year-old man sustained a comminuted displaced fracture of the lef
t proximal humerus (Figure 1). There was no neurological deficit nor w
as there any pulsation of the radial artery at the left wrist. Hr was
admitted for reduction of the fracture and perioperative angiography.
Under general anesthesia, closed reduction was performed. Immediately
after reduction, the radial artery pulsations became palpable and PO2-
saturation, monitored with a pulsoximeter on the index finger, became
normal. Therefore, no angiography was performed. Postoperatively, he h
ad a velpeau-bandage for 3 weeks, followed by passive and active exerc
ises.