Table 2 Anatomical location of vascular injury and how they were treated
From: Civilian vascular trauma, treatment and outcome at a level 1-trauma centre
AIS anatomical zone | Name of artery/vein | Number of patients* | Number of injuries (n = 81) | Open operation | Endovascular treatment | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | Penetrating | Blunt | Ligation | Primary repair | Interposition graft | Embolisation | Stent/stentgraft | |||
Face | A. carotis externa | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | – |
Neck | A. carotis externa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
A. carotis communis/interna | 10 | 11 | 1 | 10 | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
A. vertebralis | 5 | 6 | 0 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | |
V. jugularis interna | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | |
V. jugularis ext | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
Thorax | Thoracic aorta | 11 | 11 | 1 | 10 | – | – | 1 | – | 5 |
A. brachiocephalic | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
A. bronchial/esiophageal/intercostal/internal mammary | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | |
V. cava superior | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
V. azygos/bronchial/esophageal/ hemaizygos/intercostal/internal jugular/internal mammary | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | |
Abdomen | Abdominal aorta | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
A. hepatic/renal/splenic | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | |
A. mesenterica superior | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | |
A. iliac | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | 3 |  | |
V. cava inferior | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
V. portal/renal/splenic/superior mesenteric | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
Upper extremity | A. brachialis | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | – | 3 | 1 | – | – |
A. radialis/ulnaris | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | – | – | |
V. axillaris | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
Lower extremity | V. femoralis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
A. tibialis/fibularis | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
A. poplitea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | |
V. saphena magna | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |