Il Doppler nella diagnosi e nel monitoraggio post-operatorio dei traumi arteriosi degli arti

The Authors describe their experience of patients with peripheral vascular traumas. 14 patients were examined by Doppler flowmeter. The most significant cases are documented and described. Granted that angiography confermed more precision in seat diagnosis, they come to the conclusion that Doppler is useful and unreplaceable during the operative stage on sugical reparation level and on distal pulses as in the post-operative monitoring of revascularisation. Doppler urgently performed must precede angiography because often it is sufficient to value the entity of haemodinamic damage and the injury's level avoiding the resort to radiological exam (50% in our experience). Doppler is particularly indicated: a) when the injury is in doubt, b) in the traumatized patient in shock conditions.