Objective: Description of some clinical and paraclinical characteristics of peripheral arterial injuries and evaluation of surgical treatment outcomes of peripheral arterial trauma cases operated at Thai Nguyen National Hospital from June 2022 to June 2025.
Subjects and methods: A descriptive study with a convenient sample. The subjects were 34 patients with peripheral arterial injuries who underwent surgery at Thai Nguyen National Hospital from June 2022 to June 2025.
Results: There were 82.4% male and 17.6% female patients, with a mean age of 34.9 ± 19.2 years. The main cause of injury was traffic accidents, accounting for 64.7%. Most patients were admitted to the hospital within 6 hours (91.2%), and 50% underwent surgery within 6 hours. On clinical examination, loss of peripheral pulse was observed in 82.4% of cases, and 8.8% patients were in shock. The most common site of arterial injury was in the lower limbs (73.5%), with the anterior tibial artery being the most frequently affected (44.1%). Computed tomography scans were indicated in 100% of cases, showing vascular occlusion in 94.1% of cases and contrast extravasation in only 5.9% of cases.
Conclusion: Popliteal artery injuries are primarily caused by traffic accidents (64.7%); 82.4% of cases showed absence of peripheral pulses during clinical examination; the location of arterial injury was the lower limb (73.5%).