title: [War injuries of the blood vessels].
abstract: In this article the authors review their personal experience with shotgun injuries to the blood vessels. To date literature demonstrates a significant difference between the military injuries to the blood vessels versus the peacetime ones in the terms of healing. Injuries from high velocity missiles as well as blast injuries produce a massive damage of the tissue, muscles, bones, nerves and blood vessels. Therefore, such injuries demand a careful and appropriate primary surgical treatment and urgent revascularization within the ischemic tolerance of the tissue.
authors.affiliation: Zavod za vaskularnu kirurgiju, Kirurska Klinika, Medicinski fakultet Sveucilista u Zagrebu.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tonković
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sosa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Petrunić
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cohadzić
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Romić
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Luetić
mesh_terms: D001808:Blood Vessels / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D014857:Warfare; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000628:therapy*; D015022:Yugoslavia
vernacular_title: Ratne ozljede krvnih zila.