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  • Title: Peripheral vascular injuries in children.
    Author: Eren N, Ozgen G, Ener BK, Solak H, Furtun K.
    Journal: J Pediatr Surg; 1991 Oct; 26(10):1164-8. PubMed ID: 1779325.
    Abstract:
    We report 94 arterial injuries in 91 children treated at the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical School of Dicle University, between 1978 and 1988. The average age was 10.3 (range, 3 to 14) years. Stab wounds were seen in 37 patients (40%). Gunshot wounds were seen in 21 patients (23%), and two cases were caused by iatrogenesis. Vein damage was present in 39 patients (44.4%), and nerve loss was observed in 20 patients (21.2%). Twenty-one cases (23.3%) were associated with fractures. Diagnosis of arterial injury was made by clinical findings. Arteriography was used in 15 patients (16.5%) as the diagnostic method. The surgical interventions performed for arterial repair in our series were end-to-end anastomosis in 61 (64.5%), interposition of autogenous reversed saphenous vein grafts in 22 (23.4%), lateral suture in 8 (8.3%), and ligation in 3 (3.9%) patients. Four patients (5.3%) underwent limb amputation.
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