Ninety-eight penetrating vascular injuries: a review of a two and one-half year experience.
In a review of 55 patients with 98 penetrating vascular injuries over more than 2 years (most were gunshot wounds), the mortality rate was 46% in patients with intra-abdominal vascular injuries and 7% in those with extra-abdominal injuries. There were no major amputations. One patient had two fingers amputated.
D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000601:surgery; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000293:injuries*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000601:surgery; D005121:Extremities / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019838:Neck Injuries; D014754:Violence; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000601:surgery; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery*; D014951:Wounds, Stab / Q000601:surgery