Lower limb trauma with injury to the popliteal vessels

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 595-601

  Prêtre, René ^a   Bruschweiler, Ivan ^a   Rossier, Jacques ^a   Chilcott, Michael ^a   Bednarkiewicz, Marek ^a   Kürsteiner, Karine ^a   Kalangos, Afksendiyos ^a   Hoffmeyer, Pierre ^a   Faidutti, Bernard ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amputation; Lower extremity trauma; Popliteal artery trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGIC SHOCK; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0029963958     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199604000-00013     Document Type: Article

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