@article{3081496,
    title = "The European experience with vascular injuries",
    author = "Fingerhut, A and Leppaniemi, AK and Androulakis, GA and Archodovassilis, and F and Bouillon, B and Cavina, E and Chaloner, E and Chiarugi, M and and Davidovic, L and Delgado-Millan, MA and Goris, J and Gunnlaugsson, GH and and Jover, JM and Konstandoulakis, MM and Kurtoglu, M and Lepantalo, M and and Llort-Pont, C and Meneu-Diaz, JC and Moreno-Gonzales, E and and Navarro-Soto, S and Panoussis, P and Ryan, JM and Salenius, JP and and Seccia, M and Takolander, R and Taviloglu, K and Tiesenhausen, K and and Torfason, B and Uranus, S",
    journal = "Surgical Clinics of North America",
    year = "2002",
    volume = "82",
    number = "1",
    pages = "175+",
    publisher = "W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC",
    issn = "0039-6109",
    doi = "10.1016/S0039-6109(03)00147-6",
    abstract = "There is great variation in the epidemiology of vascular injuries in the
45 independent countries of Europe. In countries with a low incidence of
penetrating trauma and increasing use of interventional vascular
procedures, the proportion of iatrogenic vascular trauma exceeds 40% of
all vascular injuries, whereas in other parts of the continent where
armed conflicts are still a major cause of vascular trauma, the
statistics are different. National vascular registries produce data
about vascular trauma and its management and, despite a relatively low
incidence of vascular trauma in most European countries, the results are
satisfactory, probably in most cases because of active and early
management by surgeons on call who may have vascular training or not,
but who treat all kinds of vascular surgical emergencies."
}