@article{ref1,
title="Vascular trauma in Latin America: a regional survey",
journal="Surgical cinics of North America",
year="2002",
author="Sonneborn, Ricardo and Andrade, Rafael and Bello, Fernando and Morales-Uribe, Carlos H. and Razuk, Alvaro and Soria, Alfredo and Tisminetzky, Gustavo Jorge and Espinoza, Ricardo and Monge, Tobias and Rasslan, Samir and Ruiz, Daniel and Sanabria-Quiroga, Alvaro E. and Caffaro, Roberto Augusto and Sierra-Jones, Juan M. and Tissera, Gerardo Hernán and Foianini, Jorge E. and Ostria, Gonzalo",
volume="82",
number="1",
pages="189-194",
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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0039-6109",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}