Orthopaedic injuries among survivors of USS COLE attack

Journal of Orthopaedic Trauma

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 436-441

  Lambert, Edward W ^a   Simpson, R Bruce ^a   Marzouk, Abubakr ^b   Unger, Daniel V ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blast injury; Open fracture; Ship; USS COLE; War injury

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; BONE INJURY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEBRIDEMENT; FRACTURE FIXATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OPEN FRACTURE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT TRANSPORT; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SHIP; SURGEON; SURVIVAL; TERRORISM; TIME; UNITED STATES; WORK RESUMPTION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVORS; TERRORISM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0043201136     PISSN: 08905339     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005131-200307000-00008     Document Type: Review

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