Surgical significance of the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
| Autor: | F.James Rybka, Edward T. O'Hara |
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| Rok vydání: | 1967 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Perforation (oil well) Connective tissue Hemorrhage Femoral artery Renal Artery medicine.artery medicine Humans Renal artery Child business.industry Wound dehiscence General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Femoral Artery medicine.anatomical_structure Ehlers–Danlos syndrome Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Female Tamponade Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage business Complication |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Surgery. 113:431-434 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9610 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0002-9610(67)90295-4 |
| Popis: | Bleeding from major arteries is the most formidable complication encountered in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and results from fragility of the vessels as well as the lack of tamponade by the adjacent connective tissue structures. A case is presented to illustrate this, and the literature is reviewed to show that hemorrhage might result from surgery or from trauma which sometimes is very trivial. Young men seem to be predominantly affected. Other complications include wound dehiscence and perforation of the bowel. It is important that those afflicted be aware of the dangers of trauma and that their physicians be aware of their unusual tissues. |
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