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PURPOSE to report a case of an axillary artery rupture treated by endovascular means using the dual bull's-eye technique. CASE REPORT An 83-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities was diagnosed with axillary artery rupture after the reduction of a shoulder dislocation. An endovascular repair attempt was made but, despite the use of a double approach (antegrade and retrograde), reconnecting both ends of the severed artery was deemed not possible. 5-mm Amplatz GooseNeck snares were advanced from each access and superposed in a perpendicular plane. A percutaneous infraclavicular puncture with a lumbar needle was made through both snares and a V14 guidewire was subsequently introduced. The guidewire was recovered through femoral and brachial accesses and a 7 x 100 mm covered self-expandable stent was deployed. The final angiographic control did not show further haemorrhage and the patient recovered radial pulse. Follow-up showed complete patency and no complications at 9-months postprocedure. CONCLUSION The dual bull's-eye technique can be used as a resource tool in cases of arterial rupture, when the arterial continuity cannot be re-established by conventional approaches.