Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 8 , Pages 331-336, August 2009

Vascular trauma

Ross Davenport BSc MRCS is a Trauma Research Fellow at the Trauma Clinical Academic Unit, Royal London Hospital and School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary's University of London, London, UK. Conflicts of interest: none declared

Nigel Tai MS FRCS is a Consultant Trauma and Vascular Surgeon at Bart's and the London NHS Trust, London, UK, and UK Defence Medical Service. Conflicts of interest: none declared

Michael Walsh MS FRCS is a Consultant Vascular and Trauma Surgeon and Director of Acute Care and Trauma at Bart's and the London NHS Trust, London, UK. Conflicts of interest: none declared

Abstract 

This contribution discusses basic concepts of vascular trauma.

Keywords: arterial spasm, blast injury, blunt injury, digital subtraction angiography, duplex ultrasonography, intimal injury, penetrating injury

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PII: S0263-9319(09)00133-1

doi:10.1016/j.mpsur.2009.06.008

Surgery
Volume 27, Issue 8 , Pages 331-336, August 2009