Amputations after vascular trauma in civilians.
Publication/Presentation Date
10-1-1983
Abstract
In a ten-year retrospective study of 233 patients who sustained a vascular injury to an extremity, eight (3.4%) extremities were amputated. Factors that affect the incidence of amputation after peripheral vascular trauma include early operation, fasciotomy, preoperative antibiotics, appropriate vascular reconstruction with adequate tissue coverage, use of arteriography during and after reconstruction, and early reoperation for postoperative complications. Some patients benefit psychologically and physically from early definitive amputation.
Volume
76
Issue
10
First Page
1241
Last Page
1243
ISSN
0038-4348
Published In/Presented At
Adinolfi, M. F., Hardin, W. D., Jr, O'Connell, R. C., & Kerstein, M. D. (1983). Amputations after vascular trauma in civilians. Southern medical journal, 76(10), 1241–1248. https://doi.org/10.1097/00007611-198310000-00011
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
6623134
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article