TRAUMA ‘Excellent’ limb salvage rates for trauma bypass performed by vascular surgeons

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extremity trauma can be performed with excellent limb salvage rates, though poor compliance with long-term surveillance raises some cause for concern. These are among the primary messages to be presented from a study detailing the experience and outcomes of a rural, level one, trauma center performing upper- or lower-extremity revascularization in trauma patients over a 20-year timespan, in which investigators sought to identify bypass failure modes and surveillance protocols.

Vascular surgery resident Misak Harutyunyan, MD, will present the analysis during this morning’s Plenary Session 7 (8:00–9:30 a.m.) in Potomac A/B, on behalf of the Albany Medical College vascular team, including senior author Jeffrey Hnath, MD, and submitting author R. Clement Darling, MD. The Albany team posits that long-term outcomes in civilian trauma patients requiring upper- or