Post-traumatic XXXX and its surgical treatment.

@entity1 @entity63 @entity1109 @entity439 @entity204 @entity2849 @entity438
The frequency of peripheral @entity438 in the upper extremities is much less than in the lower extremities. Diagnosis and surgical treatment are important because upper extremity @entity439 can cause severe decreases in function and lead to the loss of an arm or of fingers. We performed aneurysmal resection together with saphenous vein graft interpositioning in 9 @entity1 with a diagnosis of post-traumatic @entity2849 from January 1995 through February 2003. Of these @entity1 , 7 were @entity1 (77%). The mean age was 38.2 years (range, 26-46 years. Four @entity1 had gunshot wounds (44%) and 5 had stab wounds (56%). The mean duration from injury to hospital admission was 26.7 months (range, 17 months-7 years). All @entity1 underwent color-flow arterial Doppler ultrasonography and selective upper extremity digital subtraction angiography. In all @entity1 , we performed aneurysmal resection and saphenous vein graft interpositioning. There was no instance of @entity204 or @entity63 extremity loss. @entity1 were discharged from the hospital a mean of 3.2 days after surgery (range, 2-6 days). Early and late graft patency rates were 100%. We followed the @entity1 ' cases for a mean of 3.4 years (range, 1 month-7 years). Very rarely, post-traumatic upper extremity @entity1109 after a long period of time. Diagnosis is very easy with a review of the @entity1 's history and a physical examination; surgical reconstruction is the preferred treatment for such @entity1 .
