Combined Arterial and Venous Lower Extremity Injury

Areg Grigorian; Nii-Kabu Kabutey; Christian de Virgilio; Michael Lekawa; Sebastian Schubl; Matthew Martin; Jeffry Nahmias

doi:10.1001/jamasurg.2023.3936

Combined Arterial and Venous Lower Extremity Injury

JAMA Surg. 2023 Dec 1;158(12):1346-1347. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.3936.

Authors

Areg Grigorian¹, Nii-Kabu Kabutey¹, Christian de Virgilio², Michael Lekawa¹, Sebastian Schubl¹, Matthew Martin³, Jeffry Nahmias¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Orange.
² Division of Trauma, Burns and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of California, Harbor-Los Angeles, Los Angeles.
³ Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, Department of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This case-control study assesses the need for prophylactic fasciotomy and delayed fasciotomy in combined arterial and venous injury compared with those with isolated artery or vein injury.

MeSH terms

Fasciotomy*
Humans
Lower Extremity*
Retrospective Studies