TY - JOUR
T1 - Vascular trauma in Latin America:
T2 - a regional survey.
AU - Sonneborn, Ricardo
AU - Andrade, Rafael
AU - Bello, Fernando
AU - Morales-Uribe, Carlos H.
AU - Razuk, Alvaro
AU - Soria, Alfredo
AU - Tisminetzky, Gustavo Jorge
AU - Espinoza, Ricardo
AU - Monge, Tobias
AU - Rasslan, Samir
AU - Ruiz, Daniel
AU - Sanabria-Quiroga, Alvaro E.
AU - Caffaro, Roberto Augusto
AU - Sierra-Jones, Juan M.
AU - Tissera, Gerardo Hernán
AU - Foianini, Jorge E.
AU - Ostria, Gonzalo
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - As has been demonstrated, significant differences exist in demographics and the likelihood of accidents among Latin American countries; however, when figures were standardized, they showed a clear similarity in all the reviewed features of vascular trauma. A total of 66.4% of cases were managed solely on a clinical basis, with 78.9% of surgical procedures being performed within 6 hours of injury. Vascular repair was attempted in 84% of arterial injuries and 43% of venous injuries. Results are extremely good, with an 89% rate of success, especially considering that 63% of injuries were gunshot wounds and that the largest series, from Brazil, had a 21.3% rate of abdominopelvic injuries. The mortality rate amounted to 12.7%, but associated injuries, and particularly multiple trauma, account for 50.0% of the deaths.
AB - As has been demonstrated, significant differences exist in demographics and the likelihood of accidents among Latin American countries; however, when figures were standardized, they showed a clear similarity in all the reviewed features of vascular trauma. A total of 66.4% of cases were managed solely on a clinical basis, with 78.9% of surgical procedures being performed within 6 hours of injury. Vascular repair was attempted in 84% of arterial injuries and 43% of venous injuries. Results are extremely good, with an 89% rate of success, especially considering that 63% of injuries were gunshot wounds and that the largest series, from Brazil, had a 21.3% rate of abdominopelvic injuries. The mortality rate amounted to 12.7%, but associated injuries, and particularly multiple trauma, account for 50.0% of the deaths.
KW - Artery injury
KW - Artery ligation
KW - Blood vessel injury
KW - Central America
KW - Human
KW - Incidence
KW - Limb amputation
KW - Mortality
KW - Priority journal
KW - Review
KW - South America
KW - Traumatology
KW - Vascular surgery
KW - Vein injury
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0036120576&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0039-6109(03)00148-8
DO - 10.1016/S0039-6109(03)00148-8
M3 - Review article
C2 - 11905945
AN - SCOPUS:0036120576
SN - 0039-6109
VL - 82
SP - 189
EP - 194
JO - Surgical Clinics of North America
JF - Surgical Clinics of North America
IS - 1
ER -