Endovascular treatment of axillary artery dissection following anterior shoulder dislocation.

Injury to the axillary artery is a rare complication of anterior shoulder dislocation. Open surgical repair is technically demanding because of the anatomical position of the vessel and the propensity for concomitant injuries. Standard surgical exposure techniques involve extensive dissection, including a combination of supraclavicular or infraclavicular incision, median sternotomy, and thoracotomy causing significant morbidity and mortality rates. Endovascular techniques may offer an alternative to these surgically demanding procedures. We present a patient with a traumatic dissection of the axillary artery following anterior shoulder dislocation who was successfully managed with an endovascular stent.

[Unusual form of esophagobronchial fistula in adults]. / Forme inhabituelle de fistule oesophago-bronchique chez l'adulte.

We describe the case of an adult patient with a benign congenital esophagobronchial fistula. The different types of congenital fistula without atresia or in H form are discussed. We formulate some hypotheses explaining the late occurrence of symptoms in a lesion present since the patient's birth.