RT Journal
A1 Hewitt RL, Collins DJ, Hamit HF
T1 ARterial injuries at a surgical hospital in vietnam
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 1969
FD March 1
VO 98
IS 3
SP 313
OP 316
DO 10.1001/archsurg.1969.01340090089014
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1969.01340090089014
AB Experience in Vietnam has confirmed the practicality of repair of arterial injuries at forward hospitals. Air evacuation by helicopter directly to Surgical, Evacuation, or Field Hospitals has resulted in an increased number of patients having repair of injured arteries. Certain problems related to extent of injury and delay in treatment still exist and contribute to loss of life and limb. The following report is based upon the experience of a Surgical Hospital (MA) during the 15 months of its location in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.Clinical Material 
    A review of arterial injuries treated at the 18th Surgical Hospital (MA) in Vietnam from July 1966 through September 1967 included 62 patients who required arterial repair. The 18th Surgical Hospital (MA), located at Pleiku, treated a large number of patients from the II Corps area and performed over 2,500 operations during this period. Omitted from the series are patients in whom