Europe: Croatia
Key Words:vascular injury , diagnostics , reconstruction , education Region-Specific Epidemiology In peacetime, vascular trauma in Croatia (approximately 4,500,000 inhabitants) is rare and due mostly to blunt mechanisms or…
Damage Control: Prehospital Care of the Patient With Vascular Injury
Key Words: Combat Gauze , freeze-dried plasma , hemostatic agents , Hextend , hypotensive resuscitation , junctional hemorrhage , prehospital care , Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) , tourniquets ,…
Australia and New Zealand
Key Words:Australia , New Zealand , vascular injury , trauma systems Region-Specific Epidemiology Australia and New Zealand have a combined population of approximately 27 million people (approximately the population…
Vascular Trauma: Training the Surgeon of the Future
Key Words: trauma skills-training , team-training , simulation , education Introduction The issue of surgical training—whether vascular or general—faces a number of significant current and future challenges. The introduction…
Pediatric Vascular Injury
Key Words:pediatric vascular injury , iatrogenic vascular injury , vascular trauma , blunt vascular injury , blast injury , fragmentation injury , interposition graft , endovascular stent-graft , limb salvage…
Damage Control: Considerations for Vascular Conduit in the Repair of Vascular Injury
Key Words: vascular conduit , autologous vein , artery , prosthetic , ePTFE , Dacron , infection Introduction In 1949, Jean Kunlin performed the first saphenous vein bypass in…
Surgical Damage Control and Temporary Vascular Shunts
Key Words: vascular , injury , trauma , blood vessel , shunt , damage control surgery , ligation , temporary vascular control , extremity vascular injury , truncal vascular injury…
Inferior Vena Cava, Portal, and Mesenteric Venous Systems
Key Words: inferior vena cava (IVC) , portal vein , mesenteric veins , venous trauma , noncompressible hemorrhage Introduction Injury to a major vein of the abdomen is highly…
Abdominal Aortic Trauma, Iliac and Visceral Vessel Injuries
Key Words: aortic trauma , iliac artery trauma , abdominal vascular trauma , visceral artery trauma Introduction Injuries to the major vessels in the abdomen are associated with a…
Neck and Thoracic Outlet
Key Words: carotid , vertebral , subclavian , neurologic , computed tomography angiography (CTA) , endovascular Introduction Vascular trauma to the neck and thoracic outlet may result in a…
