Management of subclavian and innominate artery injuries.
Subclavian and innominate arterial injuries are life-threatening and require aggressive treatment. Physical findings, chest x-ray examinations, and a high index of suspicion led to expoloration in seventeen of twenty-two patients in this series, but the selective use of arteriography is helpful. Primary repair was accomplished in nineteen of the twenty-two patients. Wide proximal exposure proved to be accompanied by little morbidity with the reward of increasing survival to 95.5 per cent.
D000293:Adolescent; D000368:Aged; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013348:Subclavian Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery