Vascular injuries in branch vessels of the popliteal artery such as the tibioperoneal trunk and shank vessels such as anterior, posterior tibial, and peroneal vessels occur with variable frequency in both blunt and penetrating trauma. While their management has evolved…
Injury to the iliac vessels poses a serious and frustrating treatment dilemma for all trauma surgeons. Throughout both civilian and military history injuries to the iliac vessels have been devastating, due to the often uncontrollable hemorrhage and severe associated injuries…
Penetrating cardiac injuries Historical perspective Cardiac injuries have been described since ancient times. The earliest descriptions of a cardiac injury are found in the Iliad and in the Edwin Smith Papyrus , written in approximately 3000 bc . Hippocrates stated…