Sean Taylor Shot in the Thigh (UPDATED 6:54 PM)

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by NYCSkin

Depending on the extent of the damage, whether the nerve was nicked or severed; this will determine the course of his physical rehabilitation. Still to early to determine that. At this point, he needs to make it out of surgery. From there, he'll need to get out of the surgical ICU. And so on...

If he was indeed shot in the femoral artery is it true to keep him alive they may need to amputate his leg?

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

If he was indeed shot in the femoral artery is it true to keep him alive they may need to amputate his leg?

No, only if the loss of blood to his leg was long enough. Not sure what they call this maybe gangreen (speeling) sets in they could have to amputate his leg but that could take several days to tell if that would or could be the case. They had a doc on the radio about this injury.

[NYCSkin]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

If he was indeed shot in the femoral artery is it true to keep him alive they may need to amputate his leg?

Amputation is generally predicated on the extent of the blunt trauma to the femoral artery, the amount of vascular reconstruction needed, whether associated vessels were injured, and whether his tibia was fractured by the bullet. If his injury incorporates many (or all) of these variables--then the rate of amputation increases.