TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Femoral vessel injury by a nonlethal weapon projectile
JO  - Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques
A1  - Biagioni, Rodrigo Bruno
A1  - Miranda, Gustavo Cunha
A1  - Mota de Moraes, Leonardo
A1  - Nasser, Felipe
A1  - Burihan, Marcelo Calil
A1  - Ingrund, José Carlos
SP  - 175
EP  - 177
VL  - 4
IS  - 2
N2  - Rubber projectiles are used as an alternative to metal bullets owing to their lower morbidity and mortality rate. There are few reports of vascular lesions of extremities caused by rubber projectiles in the literature. The authors report the case of a 37-year-old man who was the victim of a penetrating injury to the left thigh with a rubber projectile. He reported only pain at the site of the injury; pulses were decreased in the affected limb. After arteriography confirmed an injury to the superficial femoral artery, he underwent an arterial and venous femorofemoral bypass using a reversed contralateral saphenous vein.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2468-4287
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2018.03.005
ID  - ref1
ER  -