[Iatrogenic vascular trauma].

The experience in the treatment of 107 patients with iatrogenic traumatism of vessels shows that damage to the main veins may be regarded as the most serious lesion. Operations on the vessels carried out in the first hours after the damage permit one to limit the volume of surgery and to prevent a number of complications. Exception is made for children under 3 when post-catheterization arterial thromboses caused by traumas of a considerable part of the intima require removal.