TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Penetrating injuries of the axillary artery
JO  - Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery
A1  - Degiannis, E.
A1  - Levy, R. D.
A1  - Potokar, T.
A1  - Saadia, R.
SP  - 327
EP  - 330
VL  - 65
IS  - 5
N2  - This is a retrospective study of 32 patients with penetrating injury of the axillary artery. There was an overall mortality of 6% entirely accounted for by associated injuries. Pre-operative angiography was used in 12 of these patients either to confirm the presence of an injury or to define its location. Twelve patients underwent lateral arteriorrhaphy or an end-to-end anastomosis and 19 patients had an interposition graft. No immediate problems were experienced with polytetrafluoroethylene grafts compared with autogenous vein grafts. There were 14 patients with a concomitant venous injury; 13 were repaired and only transient arm oedema was experienced. Eleven patients had a brachial plexus injury and, of these, nine underwent a secondary nerve repair with a poor outcome. Axillary artery injury has a good prognosis with a morbidity related mainly to associated nerve injury and a mortality accounted for by injuries to other body systems.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0004-8682
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -