title: Arterial injuries associated with lower-extremity fractures.
abstract: The records of 110 patients with arterial injuries of the lower extremities associated with bone fractures, and managed in the authors' vascular surgery clinic, were reviewed. The majority (72%) were young men; 66 had blunt and 44 penetrating arterial injuries. A total of 92 patients were treated by saphenous vein interposition grafting, 12 with composite grafts and six with polytetrafluoroethylene grafts. The limb salvage rate was 93%. All eight amputations were in neglected cases with arterial injury at the popliteal or infrapopliteal level and associated with muscle loss.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, KAT-Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Andrikopoulos
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Antoniou
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Panoussis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001158:Arteries / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene