Acute Digital Ischemia Associated with Closed Injury.

Prague Med Rep

Institute of Physiology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic.

Published: December 2015

Injury of an artery has a significantly worse prognosis for the patient than a venous injury. Blunt injuries of lower limb digital arteries with the development of acute ischemia present a very rare phenomenon. A crush mechanism with a defect of the non-wetted surface of vessel's inner part and the development of subsequent thromboischemic lesion is essential for the development of ischemia. We report a blunt injury of the right lower limb in a patient after incorrect stepping with subsequent lesion of digital arteries and the development of acute acral ischemia of the right toes.

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