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Table 3 Clinical and radiological findings of patients with vascular injury

From: Bomb blast: imaging findings, treatment and clinical course of extremity traumas

  Arterial injury Fracture Treatment GAC LHS (days)
Amputation (n = 7)
 Trans-femoral (n = 2) Femoral artery Femur (n = 1) Traumatic amputation
Wound debridement
Soft tissue repair
Type 3C 5
Tibial artery Tibia (n = 1) Transfemoral amputation was performed due to the wide skin defect in the femur and posterior flap insufficiency. Type 3C 7
 Trans-tibial (n = 3) Tibial artery Tibia and fibula   Type 3C 5
Tibial artery Tibia and fibula   Type 3C 8
Tibial artery Tibia and fibula   Type 3C 9
 Trans-radial (n = 1) Radial and ulnar arteries Radius and ulna Traumatic amputation
Wound debridement
Soft tissue repair
Type 3C 7
 Trans-humeral (n = 1) Brachial artery Humerus   Type 3C 24
Non-amputation (n = 7)
 Fracture (n = 4) Tibial artery Tibia and fibula Saphenous vein graft
External fixator
Type 3C 7
Tibial artery Tibia and fibula End-to-end anastomosis
External fixator
Type 3C 12
Popliteal A. Tibia and fibula Saphenous vein graft
External fixator
Type 3C 18
Radial and ulnar artery Humerus and ulna End-to-end anastomosis
External fixator for the humerus
External fixator and K wire for the radius and ulna
Type 3C 24
Non-fracture (n = 3)
 Femur (n = 2) PFA (A-V fistula)
PFA (pseudoaneurysm, extravasation)
None Surgical fistula repair
PFA ligation
7
8
 Popliteal (n = 1) Popliteal artery None Saphenous vein graft 32
  1. GAC Gustilo-Anderson classification, PFA Profunda femoris artery, LHS Length of hospital stay
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