Traumatic Distal Ulnar Artery Thrombosis

• Main Authors: Ahmet A. Karaarslan, Ahmet Karakaşlı, Aslan Mayda, Tolga Karcı, Hakan Aycan, Şenol Kobak
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
• Series: Case Reports in Orthopedics
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/983160

This paper is about a posttraumatic distal ulnar artery thrombosis case that has occurred after a single blunt trauma. The ulnar artery thrombosis because of chronic trauma is a frequent condition (hypothenar hammer syndrome) but an ulnar artery thrombosis because of a single direct blunt trauma is rare. Our patient who has been affected by a single blunt trauma to his hand and developed ulnar artery thrombosis has been treated by resection of the thrombosed ulnar artery segment. This report shows that a single blunt trauma can cause distal ulnar artery thrombosis in the hand and it can be treated merely by thrombosed segment resection in suitable cases.