Management of positional axillary artery compression in a baseball pitcher with embolic ischemia of the upper extremity

Manasa Kanneganti; Baris Yildirim; Samuel R Montgomery Jr; A Bobby Chhabra; Margaret C Tracci

doi:10.1016/j.jse.2022.05.014

Management of positional axillary artery compression in a baseball pitcher with embolic ischemia of the upper extremity

J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2022 Sep;31(9):e451-e458. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2022.05.014. Epub 2022 Jun 20.

Authors

Manasa Kanneganti¹, Baris Yildirim², Samuel R Montgomery Jr³, A Bobby Chhabra⁴, Margaret C Tracci¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Vascular Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
² Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA. Electronic address: AC2H@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu.

PMID: 35738545
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2022.05.014

No abstract available

Keywords: Positional axillary artery compression; arterial compression; athletes; baseball; embolic ischemia; ischemia; pitcher; thoracic outlet syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Axillary Artery* / diagnostic imaging
Baseball*
Humans
Ischemia / etiology
Ischemia / surgery
Upper Extremity / blood supply