Revascularization by Using Sequential Composite Graft of a Patient Suffering from Traffic Accident with Lower Extremity Circulation Disorder: A Case Report

Year 2021, Volume: 74 Issue: 3, 370 - 373, 17.09.2021

Arda Özdemir

Abstract

Traffic accidents are the most common cause of the lower extremity injury among the young adults. Circulatory problems due to vascular injury, such as total or partial rupture of venous and arterial system are the significant cause of the morbidity related to this kind of trauma. In these cases, revascularization should be the first option to rescue the extremity unless the patient is stable; otherwise, amputation can be performed. Here we reported a patient with multifragment fracture of femur, wide destruction of the soft tissue and popliteal artery injury of the left lower extremity due to the traffic accident, who was treated with late synchronous revascularization with composite graft and saphenous vein.

Keywords

: Lower Extremity, Revascularization, Amputation, Vascular Graft

Ethical Statement

Informed Consent: Informed consent was obtained from the patient. Peer-reviewed: Externally peer-reviewed. Authorship Contributions Concept: A.Ö., Ö.A.Ç., İ.Ş.B., H.K., İ.A., Design: A.Ö., Ö.A.Ç., İ.Ş.B., H.K., İ.A., Data Collection or Processing: A.Ö., Ö.A.Ç., İ.Ş.B., H.K., İ.A., Analysis or Interpretation: A.Ö., Ö.A.Ç., İ.Ş.B., H.K., İ.A., Literature Search: A.Ö., Ö.A.Ç., İ.Ş.B., H.K., İ.A., Writing: A.Ö., Ö.A.Ç., İ.Ş.B., H.K., İ.A. Conflict of Interest: No conflict of interest was declared by the authors. Financial Disclosure: The authors declared that this study received no financial support.

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