title: Traumatic injuries of the brachial artery.
abstract: Sixty-four patients with traumatic brachial artery injuries were treated. Fifty had penetrating and 14 had blunt injuries. Associated extremity and torso injuries were common. Despite an excellent vascular patency rate of 97 percent, limb loss resulted from severe soft-tissue injury and functional disability occurred due to nerve injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver.
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: McCroskey
authors.forename: E E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Pearce
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cota
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Sawyer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001916:Brachial Artery / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma; D014654:Vascular Patency; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000601:surgery; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery