| Autor: |
S C, Koh, W I, Wan Faisham Nu'man, N M J, Siti Fatimah, W S, Wan Azman, P, Mohammad, M S, Arman Zaharil |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
The Medical journal of Malaysia. 75(3) |
| ISSN: |
0300-5283 |
| Popis: |
Lower extremity vascular injury can result in either temporary or permanent disability.This is a clinical audit involving all patients admitted to our institution from January 2008 to June 2018 of those who had undergone revascularization surgery for lower limb trauma.Fifty-nine patients were in this study with a mean age of 28.1 years. Most of the patients were motorcyclist involved in road traffic accidents with cars (n=30, 50.8%). The popliteal artery was most commonly seen injury (n=41, 69.5%). The mean duration of ischaemia was 14.1 hours. The limb salvage rate was 89.8%.Lower extremity vascular injury caused by RTA treated in our institution predominantly involved young patients aged between 18-30 years associated with long bone fractures causing contusion and thrombosis of the popliteal artery. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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