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Bone punctured the femoral artery. how would surgeons fix this?

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Surgery : If the patient hasn't bled to death there would be an arterial repair and whatever was appropriate for the bone.

Answered 3/28/2013

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Dr. David Fertel answered

Specializes in Vascular Surgery

Depends: Depends on the extent of the injury, either primary repair or with a graft or stented graft.

Answered 3/30/2013

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Dr. Benjamin Lerner answered

Specializes in Vascular Surgery

Vein or graft: We would directly repair this with a piece of vein or goretex, but for a bone to puncture the femoral artery is a horrific injury, and managing the vascular injury would have to be done in the context of how the patient is doing.

Answered 4/4/2014

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