Citation

Sonneborn R, Andrade R, Bello F, Morales-Uribe CH, Razuk A, Soria A, Tisminetzky GJ, Espinoza R, Monge T, Rasslan S, Ruiz D, Sanabria-Quiroga AE, Caffaro RA, Sierra-Jones JM, Tissera GH, Foianini JE, Ostria G. Surg. Clin. North Am. 2002; 82(1): 189-194.

Affiliation

Department of Surgery, Universidad de Chile, Hospital del Trabajador, Santiago. ghtrsg@gw.achs.cl

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11905945

Abstract

As has been demonstrated, significant differences exist in demographics and the likelihood of accidents among Latin American countries; however, when figures were standardized, they showed a clear similarity in all the reviewed features of vascular trauma. A total of 66.4% of cases were managed solely on a clinical basis, with 78.9% of surgical procedures being performed within 6 hours of injury. Vascular repair was attempted in 84% of arterial injuries and 43% of venous injuries. Results are extremely good, with an 89% rate of success, especially considering that 63% of injuries were gunshot wounds and that the largest series, from Brazil, had a 21.3% rate of abdominopelvic injuries. The mortality rate amounted to 12.7%, but associated injuries, and particularly multiple trauma, account for 50.0% of the deaths.

Language: en