title: Major venous injuries and bullet wounds.
abstract: A review of the reported incidence, management and results of treatment of major vein injuries is presented and a brief account given of the mechanism of vascular damage by high-velocity bullet wounds. This paper reports 3 cases of isolated major venous injury caused by high-velocity bullets. Repair was performed in each case. Two patients survived with a good short-term clinical result. The third patient died during operation. The advantages of repairing injured veins are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001367:Axillary Vein / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011152:Popliteal Vein / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000209:etiology; D014680:Veins / Q000293:injuries*; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000601:surgery*