Results of the treatment of major vacuum wounds in the united kingdom’s operation in the eastern ukraine for the period from 2014 to and quarter of 2019
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.24144/2415-8127.2020.61.130-139Keywords:
gunshot wounds, wound mechanism, localization of wounds, combined wounds.Abstract
Gunshot wounds of the great vessels remain an urgent and complex area of angiosurgery both in medical and organizational terms. The age category was dominated by patients aged 21 to 3 years (37.3%) and from 31 to 40 years (29.4%). The largest share of injuries occurred in injuries of arteries and veins, accounting for 60.8%. According to the frequency of localization of injuries of the main vessels, injuries of the femoral-popliteal segment prevail – in 76.5%. Gunshot wounds of blood vessels are severe wounds that are often combined with trauma to nerves (23.5%), bones (37.3%), bones and nerves (25.5%), only soft tissues (13.7%). In 47% – the injury was isolated, in the other fighters – combined. The results of treatment in 74.5% were satisfactory, in 25.5% – ended with amputation of the limb.
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