[Surgical treatment of injuries of large blood vessels of the limbs].

In treatment of 50 patients with injuries of large vessels of limbs the authors have employed all kinds of vascular plasty, including lateral and circular sutures, putting of a patch on the vascular wall, replacement of an arterial defect with an autovenous graft. Autovenous plasty employed in various modifications in 21 cases is felt to be the method of choice in operations on injured arteries in cases of an extensive damage of soft tissues of limbs and open fractures. The results of the treatment are described.