Treatment of Arteriovenous Fistula Following Iatrogenic Trauma: A Case Report
Iraj Nazari*, Amin Abtahiyan and Jafar JafarzadehDepartment of Vascular, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.
Abstract: Arteriovenous fistula is rare but the first to be diagnosed by Doppler ultrasonic imaging and confirmed by CT scan, MRA and Angiography. This fistula depending on the location and size, have various symptoms including abdominal pain, CHF, ischemic heart disease and AHF. A Young woman with a history of penetrating trauma to abdomen, with occasional symptoms of abdominal pain, vomiting, nausea and petitions in the left flank area referred. Doppler sonography showed left Aortorenal and superior mesenteric artery to splenic vein fistula so surgical repair and ligation of fistula is done. Diagnosis of aortovenous fistula is difficult due to rarity of them .To avoid its complications, after diagnosis with Doppler sonography they should be restored.
Keywords: Aortovenous fistula; Trauma; Surgical treatment; Repair Back to TOC