Fractures with major vascular injuries from gunshot wounds: Implications of surgical sequence

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 717-721

  McHenry, Timothy P ^a   Holcomb, John B ^a   Aoki, Noriaki ^a   Lindsey, Ronald W ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fasciotomy; Fracture; Gunshot wound; Limb salvage; Vascular injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FASCIOTOMY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SHUNTING; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD VESSELS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; EXTREMITIES; FEMORAL ARTERY; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 0036797433     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200210000-00016     Document Type: Article

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