Management of Vascular Injuries in Trauma (Summary)

vascular injuries: trends in management

abstract vascular injury presents a great challenge to the emergency resident because these injuries require urgent intervention to prevent loss of life or limb. sometimes serious vascular injury presents with only subtle or occult signs or symptoms. the patient may present weeks or months after initial injury with symptoms of vascular insufficiency, embolization, pseudoaneurysm, arteriovenous ...

Vascular injuries after blunt chest trauma: diagnosis and management

BACKGROUND Although relatively rare, blunt injury to thoracic great vessels is the second most common cause of trauma related death after head injury. Over the last twenty years, the paradigm for management of these devastating injuries has changed drastically. The goal of this review is to update the reader on current concepts of diagnosis and management of blunt thoracic vascular trauma. ME...

Vascular Injuries: Trends in Management

ABSTRACT Vascular injury presents a great challenge to the emergency resident because these injuries require urgent intervention to prevent loss of life or limb. Sometimes serious vascular injury presents with only subtle or occult signs or symptoms. The patient may present weeks or months after initial injury with symptoms of vascular insufficiency, embolization, pseudoaneurysm, arteriovenous ...

Management of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries Summary

Management of complex vascular trauma.

In Israel, many terrorist acts, like combat incidents, involve explosive devices and result in vascular trauma. Complex vascular trauma of the extremities (CVTE) is a reflection of the amount of energy (a) released by the injuring agent and (b) absorbed by the vital tissues. Such trauma includes extensive arterial and venous lacerations with loss of substance, cornminuted fractures, neural inju...