Vascular injuries after bear attacks: Incidence, surgical challenges and outcome

BACKGROUND: Bear mauling is rarely reported in medical literature due to its rare occurrence. Present study was undertaken to describe the pattern and management of bear maul vascular injuries in Kashmir. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Study of patients with bear maul vascular injury from 1(st) Jan 2004 to 3...

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Autores principales: Wani, Mohd Lateef, Ahangar, Abdul Gani, Lone, Gh Nabi, Lone, Reyaz Ahmad, Ashraf, Hakeem Zubair, Dar, Abdul Majeed, Bhat, M A, Singh, Shyam, Bijli, Akram Hussain, Irshad, Ifat
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3097573/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21633562
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.76827
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Bear mauling is rarely reported in medical literature due to its rare occurrence. Present study was undertaken to describe the pattern and management of bear maul vascular injuries in Kashmir. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Study of patients with bear maul vascular injury from 1(st) Jan 2004 to 31(st) Dec. 2008. Fifteen patients with bear maul vascular injury were studied. All patients of bear maul without vascular injury were excluded from the study. RESULTS: Most of the patients were treated by reverse saphenous vein graft or end to end anastomosis. Most common complication was wound infection (20%) followed by graft occlusion (13.33%). There was no operative death. CONCLUSION: Bear attacks are very common in Kashmir. Vascular injury due to bear maul needs prompt resuscitation and revascularization. Results are very good provided timely intervention for revascularization is done.

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