10-Year review of knee dislocations: Is arteriography always necessary?

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 672-676

  Hollis, Jeffrey D ^a,b   Daley, Brian J ^a   Melton, Sherry M ^b   Blumenthal, Jesse A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arteriography; Diagnostic testing; Injuries; Knee dislocation; Wounds

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE DISLOCATION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE DISLOCATION; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPLITEAL ARTERY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 29544447639     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ta.0000177672.44379.06     Document Type: Article

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