Popliteal artery trauma in a forward deployed Mobile Army Surgical Hospital: Lessons learned from the war in Kosovo

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1144-1147

  Starnes, Benjamin W ^a,b   Bruce, Jon M ^a  

^a 212th MASH   (Germany)

^b Box 143   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTERY INJURY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SOLDIER;

EID: 0033945694     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200006000-00022     Document Type: Article

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