Journal «Angiology and Vascular Surgery» • 

2008 • VOLUME 14 • №4

RENDERING SURGICAL CARE FOR THE WOUNDED PRESENTING WITH INJURIES TO LIMB VESSELS

Efimenko N.A., Kokhan E.P., Galik N.I.
A.A. Vishnevsky Central Military Clinical Hospital under the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation,
Moscow, Russia

The proffered paper provides the information about rende-ring surgical care for the wounded presenting with vascular injuries inflicted and sustained during wars Russia was engaged in, to be followed by a detailed description of the haemorrhage-arresting methods and techniques used in N. I. Pirogov's time, during World War I, the Great Patriotic War, as well as in local military conflicts and combat operations. Also depicted herein is the role surgeons of Russia have played in the development of vascular surgery, and, finally, due coverage is given to the statistical data concerning the methods of rendering care for those having suffered firearm wounds and injuries involving vascular lesions.

KEY WORDS: vascular injury, vascular suture, vascular ligation, stagewise treatment in vascular wounds.

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