Ancillary procedures included 30 nerve or 27 tendon repairs. The limb salvage rate was 99 per cent. No functional deficits were noted in those cases with only a vascular injury. In 64 per cent and 25 per cent of patients with nerve or musculoskeletal injury, respectively, the arm was functionally impaired. Prompt diagnosis and surgical intervention eliminate vascular injury as a factor in upper-extremity limb loss or disability.
Functional deficits are the result of nerve or orthopedic injuries.