RT Book, Section A1 Williams, Mallory A1 Osman, Mohamed F. A2 Nazzal, Munier A2 Blebea, John A2 Osman, Mohamed F. SR Print(0) ID 1200679282 T1 Central Vascular Trauma T2 Vascular and Endovascular Surgery: Clinical Diagnosis and Management YR 2024 FD 2024 PB McGraw Hill PP New York, NY SN 9781260462715 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1200679282 RD 2024/03/29 AB Abdominal vascular injuries are mostly represented in major urban civilian trauma centers. This is quite different when compared to abdominal vascular injuries seen in the war, which range from 2% to 3% from World War II to the Iraqi War.1–3 Currently, blunt mechanisms are responsible for approximately 5% of these injuries while penetrating trauma accounts for 10%.4 In the classical trauma literature, gunshot wounds are responsible for up to 25% of abdominal vascular injuries.5 In a more recent 10-year review, 78% of patients experiencing abdominal vascular trauma had gunshot wounds and 42% of these patients had injuries to multiple abdominal vessels.6 In all cases, prolonged shock from uncontrolled hemorrhage is associated with mortality.