Treatment of vascular injuries associated with limb fractures

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 348-352

  Cakir, Omer ^a   Subasi, Mehmet ^a   Erdem, Kemalettin ^a   Eren, Nesimi ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Limb fracture; Vascular trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; AXILLARY ARTERY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLUNT TRAUMA; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; LIMB AMPUTATION; LIMB FRACTURE; LIMB SALVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; POPLITEAL ARTERY; RADIAL ARTERY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SOFT TISSUE DEFECT; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; ULNAR ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARM INJURIES; ARTERIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LEG; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 28844480972     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588405X51146     Document Type: Review

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