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Maury L. Parkes, MD; Cadvan O. Griffiths, Jr., MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1967;86(2):197-200.

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THE DEVELOPMENT of an abnormal arterial-venous communication following injury to an adjacent artery and vein is a well-recognized sequela of operative surgery. This complication has been described following a variety of procedures. These include the en-masse ligature of the superior thyroid artery and vein during thyroidectomy,¹ of the uterine artery and vein during hysterectomy,² of the renal artery and vein during nephrectomy,³ of the geniculate artery and vein during arthrotomy, and of the femoral artery and vein during amputation.⁴ In addition, the development of a fistula can occur following inadvertent penetration by a surgical instrument of the right common iliac artery and inferior vena cava during intervertebral disc removal,⁵ by a fixation device through the facial artery and vein during the application of an Anderson splint,⁶ by the insertion of a Steinmann pin through the anterior tibial artery and vein during fracture fixation,⁷ . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Los Angeles

From the departments of rhinology (Dr. Parkes) and surgery (Dr. Griffiths), University of California College of Medicine, Los Angeles.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 22, 1966.

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