Vascular Injury Accompanying Displaced Proximal Humeral Fractures: Two Cases and a Review of the Literature

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Type of injury</td><td align="left">Clinical presentation</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Partial laceration</td><td align="left">Decreased pulse, hematoma, hemorrhage</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Transection</td><td align="left">Absent distal pulse, ischemia</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Contusion</td><td align="left">Initially normal, may progress to thrombosis</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Pseudoaneurysm</td><td align="left" rowspan="2">Bruit or thrill decreased pulse</td></tr><tr><td align="left">AV Fistula</td></tr><tr><td align="left">External compression</td><td align="left">
								Decreased pulses</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Clinical presentation of arterial injury.

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Table 1: Vascular Injury Accompanying Displaced Proximal Humeral Fractures: Two Cases and a Review of the Literature 