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RUPTURE OF THE AXILLARY ARTERY COMPLICATING ANTERIOR DISLOCATION OF THE SHOULDER



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Abstract

1. A case is described ofcomplete rupture ofthe second part of the axillary artery complicating anterior dislocation of the shoulder in a woman aged fifty years.

2. Interesting features were that the patient was comparatively young, that the rupture was a result of the dislocation and not of the reduction, that the axillary vein remained intact, and that a satisfactory circulation returned after ligation of the artery.

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