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An unusual blast injury involving vertebral artery, phrenic nerve and cervical sympathetic chain

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An interesting and rare case of injury to the left vertebral artery, left phrenic nerve and left cervical sympathetic chain caused by a fire—cracker blast is presented. The unusual nature of this combined injury is highlighted and the principles in the management of such a case, including the value of arteriography and the various approaches are discussed.

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  1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, 605 006, Pondicherry, India

    KSVK Subba Rao (Professor and Head of the Department) & V Santosh (Senior Resident)

  2. Department of General Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, 605 006, Pondicherry, India

    N Ananthakrishnan (Associate Professor) & V Gajendran (Senior Resident)

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Subba Rao, K., Santosh, V., Ananthakrishnan, N. et al. An unusual blast injury involving vertebral artery, phrenic nerve and cervical sympathetic chain. Indian J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 4, 82–84 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02664094

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