Table IV.
Patient characteristics and follow up of patients treated with stent
Pt. No. | Sex; age, years | Injury mechanism | Injury location | Injury | SBP <90 mm Hg on arrival | Definitive signs of injury | Operative time, minutes | Early (<30 days) complications | Follow-up period, weeks | Follow-up findings (>30 days) |
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1 | Male; 34 | GSW | Left axillary | Vasospasm | No | No | 115 | None | Telephonic, 124 | Asymptomatic; aspirin therapy |
2 | Male; 38 | Stab | Left subclavian | Transection | Yes | Active pulsatile bleeding; pulses absent | 52 | Occlusion at 14 days requiring thrombectomy and relining | Clinic, 8 | Patent stent on duplex ultrasound |
3 | Male; 26 | GSW | Right axillary | Transection | Yes | Pulses absent | 47 | None | Telephonic,52 | Asymptomatic |
4 | Male; 21 | Blunt | Left subclavian | Occlusion | No | Pulses absent | 42 | None | Telephonic, 51 | Patent stent on CTA at 4 weeks; asymptomatic at 51 weeks; aspirin therapy |
5 | Male; 21 | GSW | Right innominate | PSA | No | Pulses absent | 53 | none | Clinic, 8 | Asymptomatic; pulses intact |
CTA, Computed tomography angiography; GSW, gunshot wound; PSA, pseudoaneurysm; Pt. No., patient number; SBP, systolic blood pressure.