Embolizations of Iatrogenic Lower Limb Vascular Injuries after Orthopaedics Surgery

Abstract

Arterial injuries involving lower limbs are rare; main causes are traffic related trauma and iatrogenic lesions during orthopaedics surgical procedures [1]. The clinical manifestations of these injuries typically result in hemorrhagic or ischemic symptoms. Open vascular surgery has been the gold standard in the management of vascular extremity injuries for many years [2] but in the last two decades endovascular techniques have proved to be as effective as open surgery and have been increasingly adopted for treating these lesions [1].