Forearm arteries entrapment syndrome: A rare cause of recurrent angioaccess thrombosis

• Published in: Journal of vascular surgery Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 743 - 747
• Main Authors: Chemla, Eric S., Raynaud, Alain, Mongrédien, Benoît, Combes, Myriam A., D'Attellis, Nicola, Cardon, Cyril F., Julia, Pierre L., Toussaint, Jean-François, Fabiani, Jean-Noel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01-10-2001; Elsevier
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Aged; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Angiography; Arteriovenous Shunt, Surgical - adverse effects; Biological and medical sciences; Constriction, Pathologic; Embolectomy; Emergency and intensive care: renal failure. Dialysis management; Equipment Failure; Female; Fibrinolytic Agents - therapeutic use; Forearm - blood supply; Humans; Intensive care medicine; Male; Medical sciences; Radial Artery; Recurrence; Renal Dialysis - adverse effects; Supination; Syndrome; Thrombectomy; Thrombosis - diagnostic imaging; Thrombosis - etiology; Thrombosis - surgery; Ulnar Artery; Vascular Patency; Human; Occlusion; Recurrence; Pathophysiology; Surgical fistula; Hemodialysis; Cardiovascular disease; Exploration; Thrombosis; Highway access road; Artery; Vascular disease; Case study; Extrarenal dialysis; Trapping; Forearm; Treatment; Surgery; Complication; Diagnosis
• ISSN: 0741-5214; 1097-6809
• DOI: 10.1067/mva.2001.116973

Entrapment syndrome below or just above the elbow is uncommon. These rare causes of neurologic or vascular entrapment are linked to anomalous anatomical structures. No case of entrapment syndrome has been reported in patients with angioaccess for hemodialysis. We report, for the first time, forearm arteries entrapment in two patients presenting with recurrent angioaccess for hemodialysis thrombosis. Anatomical, radiologic, and surgical features of these uncommon syndromes are discussed. (J Vasc Surg 2001;34:743-7.)