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[Surgical treatment of war injuries of the veins]
I Tonković1, M Petrunić, T Sosa
1Klinika za kirurgiju, KBC Rebro, Zavod za vaskularnu kirurgiju.
Lijecnicki Vjesnik
|July 3, 1998
Abstract:
Between April 1991 and December 1995, 118 patients were treated for wartime venous injuries. There were 108 (91.5%) venous injuries combined with arterial ones, and 52 (49%) with bone fractures. A total of 85 (72%) venous repairs were done and 33 (27.9%) were treated by ligation. Arteriovenous fistulas were found in 20 (16.9%) venous injuries. Venous injuries were associated with 10 (62.5%) amputations and 5 (45.4%) deaths. In the early postoperative period the authors found 15 (17.6%) thromboses of venous reconstructions.