Vascular Trauma

What Is Vascular Trauma?

The term "vascular trauma" refers to injury to a blood vessel—an artery, which carries blood to an extremity or an organ, or a vein, which returns blood to the heart. Vascular surgeons categorize these injuries by the type of trauma that caused them: blunt or penetrating injury.

• A blunt injury can occur when a blood vessel is crushed or stretched.
• A penetrating injury can occur when a blood vessel is punctured, torn or severed.

The traumatic injury of the vessels is one of the most dangerous types of injury, requiring a fast and reliable diagnosis and, in vast majority of cases, immediate surgical treatment.

Vascular Traumas We Treat