pediatric traumatic limb amputations are rare and their acute and long term management can be challenging in this subgroup of patients. the lengthy and costly hospital stays, and resulting physical and psychological implications leads to significant morbidity. we present a summary of treatment principles and the evidence base supporting the management options for this entity. the initial manage...

background: peripheral vascular injury associated with lower limb trauma is a well-known emergency. the experience for the management of popliteal artery trauma have mainly come from managing the traumas of military personnels during iran-iraq war. the present study compared the effects of two currently-used surgical techniques in the management of popliteal trauma, namley femoropopliteal bypas...

Background: Peripheral vascular injury associated with lower limb trauma is a well-known emergency. The experience for the management of popliteal artery trauma have mainly come from managing the traumas of military personnels during Iran-Iraq war. The present study compared the effects of two currently-used surgical techniques in the management of popliteal trauma, namley femoropopliteal bypas...

in this prospective descriptive study, all patients with acute lower limb ischemia who presented to shohada tajrish hospital (sth) between july 200 1 and july 2003 were analyzed and followed for 6 months. the total population of 109 patients, with no significant difference in sexual distribution had a mean age of 64± 16 years. 23% had af and 31 % had a history of mi, 'but in the ecg of 30%...