Penetrating vascular trauma in Johannesburg, South Africa

The Surgical Clinics of North America
Douglas M G BowleyKenneth D Boffard

Abstract

An awareness that time crucially affects outcome underpins the principles of management of vascular injury. Patients with hard signs of vascular injury should undergo urgent exploration. Soft signs mandate investigation, and arteriography is still the standard of care. Noninvasive vascular imaging may prove its worth in the future. All patients with penetrating arterial injury should receive broad-spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis. Early repair of carotid artery injury provides the best likelihood of a neurologically intact survivor. There is a definite and emerging role of endovascular therapy both for difficult access injuries and for the later complications of vascular injury, such as false aneurysm and arteriovenous fistulas. The experimental and clinical evidence for the use of intraluminal shunts in peripheral vascular injury is compelling, and experience in their use is accumulating. Vascular trauma is complex and ideally is carried out by experts in a multidisciplinary environment; resuscitation and prompt revascularization are likely to lead to satisfactory outcomes. The major trauma load in South Africa represents an unparalleled experience in management of vascular injury, which seems likely to continue for the foresee...Continue Reading

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