Surgical management of a delayed post-traumatic saccular aneurysm of the radial artery

Abstract

Post-traumatic aneurysm of the radial artery is a rare and often misdiagnosed vascular lesion of the wrist. Radial artery ligation can lead to excellent results if Allen test confirmed that ulnar artery is the dominant feeding artery to the hand.

Keywords: allen test; aneurysm; artery ligation; radial artery; ulnar artery.