Grade* | Description of injury |
I | Digital artery/vein |
Palmar artery/vein | |
Deep palmar artery/vein | |
Dorsalla pedia artery | |
Plantar artery/vein | |
Non-named arterial/venous branches | |
II | Basilic/cephalic vein |
Saphenous vein | |
Radial artery | |
Ulnar artery | |
III | Axillary vein |
Superficial/deep femoral vein | |
Popliteal vein | |
Brachial artery | |
Anterior tibial artery | |
Posterior tibial artery | |
Peroneal artery | |
Tibioperoneal trunk | |
IV | Superficial/deep femoral artery |
Popliteal artery | |
V | Axillary artery |
Common femoral artery |
AAST: American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
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