title: Injuries of the peripheral arteries and their surgical treatment.
abstract: 196 cases of peripheral arterial injury presented to our clinic between 1976 and 1986 are summarised. Most of the cases were between 11 and 30 years of age and most of the injuries were by fire-arms and sharp weapons. The most common localisations were a. femoralis (29% cases), a. poplitea and branches (28%), a. brachialis injury (20%). The most common surgical measures were end-to-end anastomosis (43% cases) and venous orthograft replacement (17%). There were 5 mortalities. Factors affecting treatment success are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Solak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yeniterzi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yüksek
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Eren
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ceran
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Göktoğan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001158:Arteries / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013997:Time Factors; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating