[Experience with the treatment of combined open injuries to the upper extremities with affected main arteries].

The paper deals with the principles of management of combined mechanical injuries to the upper extremities with special reference to amputation of their segments based on the 3-year experience with the treatment of 1488 patients including 405 ones with traumatic amputations. Replantation of large and small segments was undertaken in 24 and 76% of the cases respectively. 43% of the patients underwent one-step traumatic amputation of two and more segments. Skin and soft tissue defects occurred in 111 patients including 27 with extensive lesions. 82.4% of the surgical interventions had the desired outcome. An example of successful replantation is described. The results are compared with the literature data.