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Table 2 Presentations and method of management

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

Vessel injured

Direct repair

Vein graft

PTFE graft

bypass

Endo-vascular

stenting

Primary

amputation

N%

1. Injuries presenting with bleeding

      

Radial/Ulnar arteries

19

    

19 (54%)

Brachial artery

01

04

   

05 (14%)

Femoral artery

01

01

   

02 (06%)

Axillary artery

 

02

   

02 (06%)

Major limb veins

04

03

   

07 (20%)

Total

     

35(100%)

2. Injuries presenting with acute ischaemia

      

Popliteal artery

03

09

  

05

17 (47%)

Brachial artery

02

07

  

01

10(28%)

Femoral artery

01

02

01

  

04(11%)

Crural arteries

 

05

   

05(14%)

Total

     

36(100%)

3. Injuries presenting as psuedoaneurysms

      

Femoral artery

02

03

 

01

 

06 (60%)

Brachial artery

01

02

   

03 (30%)

Popliteal artery

 

01

   

01 (10%)

Total

     

10(100%)

Total

35

39

01

01

06

81

  1. N.B Some patients had multiple repairs.