We present the case of a 68-year-old woman, referred to our department for critical upper limb ischemia, which had occurred a few days after homolateral surgical ligamentotomy for carpal tunnel syndrome, diagnosed and confirmed by electromyography, and performed with a brachial tourniquet. The patient was later admitted for subsequent progressive necrosis of the first three fingers of the left ...

Introduction: Necrotizing fasciitis is a life-threatening soft-tissue infection characterized by a fulminant course and high mortality. Diagnosis of necrotizing fasciitis is often difficult, because nascent NF often appears deceptively benign and lack specific diagnostic clues. In addition, the manifestations of NF are similar to those of acute limb ischemia. Here, we introduce the case of necr...

OBJECTIVES: To highlight the importance of embolectomy in patients with acute embolic limb ischemia. STUDY DESIGN: Descriptive analytic study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: The Department of Vascular Surgery, Combined Military Hospital Lahore, from July 2008 to April 2015. PATIENTS AND METHODS: 256 consecutive patients having acute limb ischemia who underwent embolectomy were included in this st...

Embolectomy has long been the gold standard for treating limbs acutely threatened by arterial occlusion. Delayed embolectomy has not been investigated adequately due to the belief that accompanying mortality and morbidity render the case futile. Following our previous experience with late arterial repair for leg or knee salvage I we applied the same principle to limbs threatened with prolo...

Acute limb ischemia is an urgent condition which occurs when there is an abrupt interruption of blood flow into an extremity usually because of either embolic or thrombotic vascular occlusion. Restoration of perfusion through early intervention can decrease amputation and mortality. Contemporary treatment includes both surgery and endovascular techniques. There is a rapid progress in endovascul...

BACKGROUND The primary treatments of acute arterial embolism and acute arterial thrombosis are different. The clinical differentiation of the two diseases at initial stage can provide the efficient treatment of acute limb ischemia. OBJECTIVE Identification of the clinicalfactors significant for the differentiation between acute arterial embolism and acute arterial thrombosis in acute lower ex...

The first case of novel corona virus disease (COVID-19) was reported in China and undoubtedly today this has rapidly crossed borders, infecting people throughout the world. There are heaps complications related to COVID-19 namely acute respiratory failure, liver kidney injury, bacterial fungal infections, septic shock. Vascular thrombosis is another burden that pilling on load its complications...