Civilian vascular trauma of the upper extremity.

Publication/Presentation Date

1-1-1986

Abstract

One hundred forty-three patients with 163 upper extremity vascular injuries were reviewed. Penetrating trauma accounted for 94% of the injuries and blunt trauma for 6%. Absent pulses are not a completely reliable sign of upper extremity arterial injury. The most frequently injured upper extremity vessel is the brachial artery, followed in decreasing frequency by ulnar, radial, and axillary arterial injuries and axillary venous injuries. The most common technique of vascular repair was end-to-end anastomosis, followed by vein graft interposition. No amputations were required. Despite excellent results of vascular reconstruction, functional impairment due to associated nerve injuries was a distressingly predominant finding.

Volume

26

Issue

1

First Page

63

Last Page

67

ISSN

0022-5282

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

3941431

Department(s)

Fellows and Residents

Document Type

Article

Share

COinS