Repair of ruptured popliteal artery, with note on heparin therapy after arterial Suture

✍ Scribed by G. F. Langley

• Book ID: 102768426
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1943
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 540 KB
• Volume: 31
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0007-1323
• DOI: 10.1002/bjs.18003112212

✦ Synopsis

LIGATION of a popliteal artery is a relatively simple procedure but fraught with such danger of gangrene of the distal limb as to render conservative surgery justifiable in spite of obvious risk.

Heparin therapy following conservative suture has given opportunities of success and yet, itself, brings new hazards into the scene, especially in the presence of a granulating wound.

In the case now described arterial suture was considered justifiable in spite of the existence of a pulsating haematoma and potential infection, but difficulties were encountered following heparinization though eventual success was achieved.