[Surgical tactics in injuries of the major cervical blood vessels]

The authors propose recommendations on the surgeon's tactics on the basis of their experience with the treatment of 29 patients with injuries of major cervical vessels and an analysis of 17 protocols of medicolegal autopsies of corpses with such localizations of trauma. The method of the temporal intravascular shunting of the artery is shown to be valuable. Of great importance is the correct organization of the activities of specialized surgical service for a successful treatment of the patients.