Long-term Results with Autogenous Tissue Repair of Traumatic Extremity Vascular Injuries
- 1 December 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Annals of Surgery
- Vol. 206 (6) , 804-808
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00000658-198712000-00020
Abstract
With extensive vascular injuries in which a vascular conduit is required, there is controversy as to whether an autogenous or prosthetic graft is preferable. The authors reviewed their experience with 92 extremity arterial injuries in which autogenous tissue was used to repair vascular injuries of the extremities. Twenty-two patients also had concomitant repair of associated venous injuries with autogenous vein grafts. Ten patients required amputation, despite patent grafts in five patients, because of severe muscle necrosis. Two patients had thrombosis of their vein grafts develop in the early postoperative period but did not require amputation. The authors identified only one late vein graft failure in a patient in whom an infected pseudoaneurysm developed. Three patients with extensive soft tissue injuries had infection develop in vein grafts, with subsequent massive bleeding that ultimately required arterial ligation. Among the 22 patients with repair of their venous injuries, occlusion of popliteal vein repairs was documented in two patients and suspected in three others. The remainder of patients had satisfactory resluts. The excellent results obtained in the vast majority of the authors'' patients with extremity vascular injuries reinforces their preference for using autogenous tissue whenever a vascular conduit is required. Exception include patients with extensive soft tissue loss precluding adequate graft coverage, the repair of large vessels, and life-threatening emergencies when there is insufficient time to havest and prepare a vein.This publication has 18 references indexed in Scilit:
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