Innominate Artery Ruplure Caused by Blunt Chest Trauma -A Case Report

흉부둔상에 의한 무명동맥 파열 -치험 1례-

  • Lee, Gun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyung Hee Pundang CHA General Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Yong-In (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyung Hee Pundang CHA General Hospital)
  • 이건 (경희분당 차병원 흉부외과) ;
  • 김용인 (경희분당 차병원 흉부외과)
  • Published : 1997.10.01

Abstract

Rupture of an innominate artery caused by blunt chest trauma is extremel rare because this artery is short and relatively well protected by the bony cage. This report describes a 37-year-old male who sustained a blunt chest injury that resulted in an innominate artery rupture, detected by chest CT and thoracic aortography. The patient underwent an urgent operation through median sternotomy. A 3 by 3 m sized pseudoaneurysm of proximal innominate artery was found with a complete intimal tear. After the origin of the innominate artery was closed, the injured segment of artery was excised and an aorto-innominate artery bypass with a 10 mm Gore-tex graft was performed without use of a shunt. The patient was discharged 20 days later without neurologic complications and had equal blood pressure in both arms.

무명동맥은 길이가 짧고 흉곽에 의해 잘 보호되기 때문에 흉부둔상에 의한 무명동맥의 손상은 매우 드물다. 본 증례는 흉부둔상을 수상한 37세의 남자에서 발생한 무명동맥 파열로 흉부W와 대동맥 조영술로 진단되었다. 정중흉골절개를 통한 응급 수술을 시행한 바 무명동맥의 근위부에 길이와 폭이 각각 3 cm의 가성동맥류를 형성하고 있었고 혈관 내피의 완전파열을 관찰할 수 있었다 무명동맥의 근위부를 대동맥궁 쪽에서 폐쇄시키고 손상된 부위를 절제한 후 10 m Gore-tex를 이용하여 대동맥-무명동맥 우회술을 실시하였다. 수술후 환자는 20일째에 신경학적 합병증없이 퇴원하였고 양측상지의 혈압도 동일하게 측정되었다.

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