Traumatic injuries of the brachial artery

Traumatic injuries of the brachial artery

Sixty-four patients with traumatic brachial artery injuries were treated. Fifty had penetrating and 14 had blunt injuries. Associated extremity and torso injuries were common. Despite an excellent vascular patency rate of 97 percent, limb loss resulted from severe soft-tissue injury and functional d...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of surgery 1988-12, Vol.156 (6), p.553-555
Hauptverfasser: McCroskey, Brian L., Moore, Ernest E., Pearce, William H., Moore, Frederick A., Cota, Rachelle, Sawyer, Joanna D.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Adult
Brachial Artery - injuries
Brachial Artery - surgery
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Methods
Middle Aged
Multiple Trauma
Vascular Patency
Wounds, Nonpenetrating - surgery
Wounds, Penetrating - surgery
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Zusammenfassung:Sixty-four patients with traumatic brachial artery injuries were treated. Fifty had penetrating and 14 had blunt injuries. Associated extremity and torso injuries were common. Despite an excellent vascular patency rate of 97 percent, limb loss resulted from severe soft-tissue injury and functional disability occurred due to nerve injury.
ISSN:0002-9610
1879-1883
DOI:10.1016/S0002-9610(88)80551-8