Surgery I, II - lecture

Take home message

1) Chronic limb ischemia affects 4% of the world's population and manifests most often by intermittent claudication, less often by the development of ischemic limb defects. In this case, the limb without revascularization is at risk of high amputation.

2) Acute limb ischemia is most often caused by arterial embolism or thrombosis and is a sudden event in vascular surgery with the need for an acute treatment

3) Vascular injury most often involves the limb arteries and veins, therapy includes measures to stop the bleeding and subsequent reconstruction of the vascular system or ligation of bleeding arteries and veins