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Vascular Injuries: Indications for Stents, Timing for Vascular and Orthopaedic Injuries

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Vascular injury accompanying skeletal trauma is relatively rare. However, prompt diagnosis and expeditious repair are the prerequisites for the prevention of amputation. Over the last years many new techniques for diagnostics, like contrast enhanced CT and treatment like intraluminal stents, angioembolisation have been developed. A close collaboration between the orthopedic and vascular surgeon is critical for the succes of the treatment in these difficult cases. Temporary measures like intraluminal shunts and tourniquets have enriched the armamentarium for the treatment of these injuries. When treated early and expeditiously the general prognosis for these injuries is good.

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  1. Department of Trauma, UMC Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  1. Klinik für Unfallchirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Pauwelsstraße 30, Aachen, 52057, Germany

    Hans-Christoph Pape

  2. Florida Orthopaedic Institute, N. Telecom Parkway 13020, Temple Terrace, 33637, Florida, USA

    Roy Sanders

  3. Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, University of Texas, Harry Hines Blvd. 5323, Dallas, 75390, Texas, USA

    Joseph Borrelli, Jr.

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Leenen, L.P.H. (2011). Vascular Injuries: Indications for Stents, Timing for Vascular and Orthopaedic Injuries. In: Pape, HC., Sanders, R., Borrelli, Jr., J. (eds) The Poly-Traumatized Patient with Fractures. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17986-0_19

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