GUNSHOT INJURED FEMORAL ARTERY REPLACEMENT WITH TRIPLED AUTOLOGOUS VENOUS NEOGRAFT
Abstract
Limbs' gunshot injuries are considered to be one of the most difficult surgical issues, due to large amount of injured tissues, multiple types of trauma, the fact of being initially infected.
Situation become even harder if magistral vessels have been damaged. All the above mentioned cause the high rate of death due to blood loss, infectious complications, primary or delayed limb loss.
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