La luxación glenohumeral anterior es la luxación articular más frecuente. La asociación de lesión de arteria axilar en luxaciones sin fractura ósea es muy rara. El mecanismo de daño es diverso, lo que da lugar a distintos tipos de lesiones arteriales. El tratamiento clásico consiste en la corrección de la lesión mediante cierre directo, parche o bypass. En los últimos años se han descrito casos de tratamiento endovascular de traumatismos de arteria axilar por luxación glenohumeral.

Anterior glenohumeral dislocation is the most common joint dislocation. Injury to the axillary artery due to shoulder dislocation without bone fracture is rare. There are different mechanisms of injury and different types of arterial lesions. Open surgery is the classical treatment of such lesions, consisting of direct suture at the site of the rupture, or arterial reconstruction with a patch or bypass. An alternative approach is treatment with minimally invasive endovascular techniques.We present the case of a 70-year-old woman with partial right axillary artery rupture following anterior glenohumeral dislocation which was treated with a covered stent implant. We review all the cases from English language literature of arterial trauma following shoulder dislocation treated with endovascular techniques. (C) 2012 SEACV. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L. All rights reserved.