Major Vascular Injuries

Abstract

THE majority of injuries of major blood vessels are cared for by surgeons who may have little personal experience in this field. Such injuries are infrequent in civilian life. Principles of management, even in the common or atypical injuries, are quite straightforward. It is perhaps repetitive to emphasize the importance of speed and direct, aggressive, surgical therapy for most major vascular injuries; however, failure of treatment has hesitation as a background only too often. Most lessons learned and advances made in this area have followed the aggressive attitudes of surgical teams during the Korean War,¹ in which it was demonstrated . . .