vascular injuries in tehran: a review of 123 cases
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abstract- studies of the epidemiology of civilian vascular trauma in developing countries are rather few. this is a prospective study of our experience with vascular trauma in a referral university hospital in tehran, iran. the aim was to study the etiology, pattern of injuries and the mortality and morbidity rates due to vascular trauma in our population. in this cross-sectional study, all trauma patients suspicious of having vascular injuries who were admitted to sina hospital between march 2002 and may 2003 were included. among 123 studied cases, there were 109 males and 14 females.blunt injuries were more common than penetrating ones (56.1% vs. 43.9%). the most common anatomical site of vascular injuries had been knee and lower leg. in fact, cases with lower extremities vascular trauma were twice as common as those with vascular trauma in upper limbs (59.1% vs. 27.3%). the commonest injured vessels were popliteal artery followed by femoral artery. arterial repair with graft interposition was done in 23 cases and bypass graft in 13 cases. procedures on veins were performed in 24 cases. five patients (4.06%) died and in 3 cases the patients died because of non-vascular reasons. the present study allows an understanding of the epidemiology of vascular trauma in the one of the major trauma centers in the metropolitan city of tehran. the majority of our cases were young males sustaining vascular injuries due to road traffic accidents or being stabbed with knives. it also has important implications for vascular injury prevention in our community.
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acta medica iranicaجلد ۴۴، شماره ۵، صفحات ۳۳۳-۳۴۰
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