From: Penetrating arterial trauma to the limbs: outcome of a modified protocol
Femoral | Popliteal | Axillary | Branchial | Total | |||||||
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all inj: n = 34 | all pts: n = 25 | all pts: n = 10 | all pts: n = 47 | all pts: n = 113 | |||||||
Outcome | pts [n] | pts [%] | pts [n] | pts [%] | pts [n] | pts [%] | pts [n] | pts [%] | pts [n] | pts [%] | |
Immediate amputation | 1 | 3% | 4 | 16% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 2% | 6 | 5% | |
DCS amputation | 0 | 0% | 1 | 4% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 1% | |
Revisions | total | 6 | 18% | 2 | 8% | 0 | 0% | 6 | 13% | 14 | 12% |
successful | 1 | 3% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 6 | 13% | 7 | 6% | |
amputation | 5 | 15% | 2 | 8% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 7 | 6% | |
Long ischemia & amputatio | 3 | 9% | 12% | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 3 | 3% | |
Deaths | 3 | 9% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 10% | 1 | 2% | 5 | 4% | |
Successful repair | 29 | 85% | 18 | 72% | 10 | 100% | 46 | 98% | 103 | 91% |