Endovascular interventions in the management of acute extremity trauma: a narrative review.

ABSTRACT: Minimally invasive endovascular interventions including stenting and embolization have been widely adopted for the treatment of emergent and traumatic thoracoabdominal injuries. In recent years, these techniques have been utilized in the setting of extremity vascular trauma with promising outcomes. By allowing for the rapid diagnosis and subsequent treatment of penetrating or blunt vascular extremity trauma, these techniques can help to minimize blood loss, reduce operative complications, and potentially prevent limb amputation. Here, we present a narrative review of the ever-increasing role of minimally invasive interventions in the management of extremity trauma and compare its use and outcomes to open surgical repair. A special focus is placed on diagnostic imaging modalities in trauma

SUBMITTER: Khurana A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8350664 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature