The following literature article was reviewed: "uncertain patency of covered stents placed for traumatic axillosubclavian artery injury" atish chopra, md, et al.(journal of the american college of surgeons 2016;223:174e183.Published by elsevier inc.On behalf of the american college of surgeons.) revised january 22, 2016; accepted february 8, 2016.Background: traumatic axillosubclavian artery injuries (asais) are uncommon but devastating.There is increasing acceptance of covered stent use for asais.However, epidemiologic and long-term outcomes data are limited.We investigated national trends in asai management and our institutional outcomes after emergent covered stent placement and open surgical repairs for asais.Study design: a review of the national trauma data bank from 2010 to 2012 was performed for epidemiologic data.A single-center, retrospective review of consecutive patients with asais between january 2010 and august 2014 was also performed.On page 179 there is a reference to thrombus development in 2 of 8 patients implanted with gore® viabahn® endoprostheses to treat concomitant subclavian and axillary artery injuries.This event will capture the patient implanted with one gore® viabahn® endoprosthesis with post-operative thrombus development.
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