ArticleVascular health and risk management2021
Acute Upper Limb Ischemia: Prompt Surgery and Long-Term Anticoagulation Prevent Limb Loss and Debilitation.
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- Clinical Characteristics and Predictors of Long-Term Prognosis of Acute Peripheral Arterial Ischemia Patients Treated Surgically.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Observational
- Damage control strategy in peripheral vascular injury caused by firearm: A case report.Medicine internationalArticle
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Abstract
backgroundAcute upper limb ischemia is an uncommon clinical manifestation of thromboembolism seen predominantly in patients with atrial fibrillation. Treatment can be by conservative or surgical means but the consensus is that after conservative treatment, symptoms still persist. In this series, an attempt was made at limb preservation and return to functional capacity by early surgery in all patients diagnosed with acute limb ischemia.
methodsPatients referred with upper limb ischemia (22) were stratified into non-acute (6) treated with anticoagulation alone and those with acute ischemia. Sixteen (16) patients, age range 30-92 years (median 62.4 years) comprising mainly females (13), had clinical evidence of severe ischemia and underwent immediate brachial embolectomy with postoperative anticoagulation.
resultsSixteen patients underwent 20 embolectomies with immediate reperfusion of limbs and relief of symptoms. Two patients had two re-operations each due to recurrent symptoms but both recovered with good outcome, one going on to have an axillary-radial bypass. There was no limb disability nor limb loss, but one postoperative mortality. All other patients were seen at their 1-year review and at 5 years, eleven out of 15 patients were still alive with most resuming an active lifestyle and some returning to work.
conclusionGood outcomes were obtained in this series in both the short and long term. Despite one mortality, there was no limb loss nor disability in a mainly elderly population. Prompt surgery and meticulous long-term anticoagulation reduced complications and improved limb salvage rates ensuring that patients had a good quality of life after surgery.
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