Abstract
THE Medical Research Council's War Memorandum, No. 13 (H.M. Stationery Office, 1944), on "Arterial Injuries" has been prepared by the Vascular Injuries Sub-committee of the Council's War Wounds Committee. It is intended for those who have only a limited experience of the early treatment of arterial wounds. It carries the authority of the eleven leading British surgeons who sit on this sub-committee, and shows how far surgery has advanced in recent years. The pamphlet is divided into sections on anatomy, symptoms, treatment in forward battle areas or in hospitals where specific operative treatment is possible and on the management of limbs in which the circulation has been impaired. Appendixes deal with the technique of the suture of completely or partially divided arteries, the administration of heparin, the technique of blocking the sympathetic nervous system in the arm or leg and the writing of notes on vascular injuries. Primarily useful to surgeons, this pamphlet will no doubt interest others who may have to deal with this kind of injury in peace-time as well as in war.
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Treatment of Arterial Injuries. Nature 156, 362 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156362a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/156362a0