RESUMO
Arterial traumas in children present a challenging problem, even to experienced vascular surgeons. However, there is no consensus regarding the necessity of immediate surgical treatment for all such injuries in neonates and infants with non threatened extremities. Arterial injuries in school -aged subjects [age less than 6 years] are more easily handled. The aim of this study is to evaluate the results of repair of non iatrogenic vascular injuries in the pe-diatric age group. Fifteen patients with non iatrogenic vascular injuries were studied, [3] females and [12] males. Injury caused by gunshot, stab or blunt trauma. Seven injuries were in the lower limb, and eight injuries were in the upper limb, Age of the patients ranged between 3-14 years. Emergency repair was done for all patients according to the type of injury either by lateral sutures, end-to-end anastomosis, interposition vein graft, vein patch, or synthetic graft. In [14] patients distal pulses regained, All limbs were salvaged. Early exploration of all suspected vascular Injuries can be accomplished with excellent result