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Table 1 Vessels injured by cause of injury

From: Challenges in the management of extremity vascular injuries: A wartime experience from a tertiary centre in Sri Lanka

 

Blast injuries

Cuts/stabs

Gunshots

RTAs

Industrial accidents

Iatrogenic

Total (%)

Axillary artery

01

 

01

   

02 (2.5%)

Brachial artery

11

01

01

01

03

01

18 (22%)

Radial artery

 

12

    

12 (15%)

Ulnar artery

 

07

    

07 (8.5%)

Femoral artery

06

01

02

01

 

02

12 (15%)

Popliteal artery

08

 

05

04

  

17 (21%)

Tibial arteries

02

 

03

   

05 (06%)

Femoral vein

01

 

01

   

02 (2.5%)

Popliteal vein

03

  

01

  

04 (05%)

Axillary vein

01

 

01

   

02 (2.5%)

 

33(41%)

21(26%)

14(17%)

07(9%)

03(3.5%)

03(3.5%)

81 (100%