Lower extremity amputation in a Marine veteran 22 years following vascular injury in Vietnam.
Injuries of the extremities are common in combat. This patient sustained a vascular injury to his left leg, but he did not experience any medical problems for 18 years after initial injury. In 1988, he began to experience repeated problems with graft occlusion. After 4 years of repeated surgical intervention and medical treatment, the patient had surgical amputation of his left leg.
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USUHS, Military/Emergency Medicine (IMA) and Medical Consultant USASOC, Harry S. Truman Veterans Hospital, Columbia, MO.
D000328:Adult; D000671:Amputation, Surgical; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007869:Leg Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States; D014728:Veterans; D014744:Vietnam