Arterial injury in the lower limb from blunt trauma

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-30

  Paris, I B ^a,b   Raptis, S ^a   Fitridge, R ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

arterial injuries; lower limb trauma; management; scoring systems

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NECROSIS; PREDICTION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGED; AMPUTATION; AORTA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOCK; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; TIBIAL ARTERIES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0030899332     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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