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ACUTE ISCHAEMIA COMPLICATING LIMB TRAUMA

William MacGowan 1

1 Department of Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and St Laurence's (Richmond) Hospital, Dublin; Dublin, Ireland

1. Experience with twelve cases of arterial trauma are presented.

2. Six limbs were amputated and six limbs saved.

3. Delay in effective treatment was the major cause of failure to save the limb.

4. Five types of limb injury involving vessels are described.




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